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Keisha B. Walters

School of Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering Work: (405) 325-0465

University of Oklahoma Fax: (405) 325-5813

Norman, OK 73019 E-mail: [email protected]

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Conoco-Dupont Professor of Chemical Engineering 2016-present

Professor of Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering

University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

Professor of Chemical Engineering 2016

Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS

Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering 2011-2016


Interim Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives 2013

Bagley College of Engineering


Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering 2005-2011


Research Assistant and Research Associate 2002-2005

Center for Advanced Engineering Fibers and Films

Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Clemson University, Clemson, SC

Research Assistant 1998-2001

Department of Chemical Engineering

Clemson University, Clemson, SC

Research Associate 1996-1998

Specialty Chemicals Division

Milliken Chemical, Spartanburg, SC

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Clemson University August 2005

Dissertation: Surface Grafting of pH-Responsive Polymer Layers

M.S. Chemical Engineering, Clemson University August 2001

Thesis: Surface Segregation of Fluorinated and Hyperbranched Additives in LLDPE Films

B.S. Biological Sciences, Clemson University May 1996

Minor in Environmental Science

mailto:[email protected]

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HONORS / AWARDS

Dow Faculty Fellow, Bagley College of Engineering, Mississippi State University (2014-2015)

Outstanding Young Alumni Award, College of Engineering and Science, Clemson University (2014)

Raymond W. Fahien Award, American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) (2012)

Outstanding Woman Faculty, Mississippi State University (2012)

Selected Participant, David Carlisle Hull Faculty Leadership Program, Mississippi State University (2011-2012)

Selected Participant, National Academy of Engineering, Frontiers of Engineering Education (FOEE) Symposium

(2010)

StatePride Faculty Award, Mississippi State University (2010, 2011)

Best Paper Award, ASEE-SE Conference, Co-author: Judy Schneider (2010)

Bagley College of Engineering Academy of Distinguished Teachers, Mississippi State University (2010)

Thomas Evans Instructional Paper Award, ASEE SE, Co-authors: R. Toghiani and A. Minerick (2009)

Best Educational Paper Award, Swalm School of Chemical Engineering, MS State University (2008)

Best Technical Paper Awards, Swalm School of Chemical Engineering, MS State University, Co-Authors: R.

Toghiani and A. Minerick (2006, 2007)

Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award, Oak Ridge Associated Universities (2006)

MSU IMAGE/NSBE Appreciation Award, Bagley Diversity Programs, MS State University (2006)

Outstanding Woman Graduate Student, President's Commission on the Status of Women, Clemson Univ. (2004)

GAANN (Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need) Fellowship, Clemson University (2002-04)

Harshman Scholarship, Clemson University (1998-99)

MEMBERSHIPS

American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), 1998-present

Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE), 1999-present

American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), 2002-present

American Chemical Society (ACS), 2003-present

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014-present

AAAS, 2011-2012

Society for Biological Engineering (SBE), 2004-2011

Sigma Xi, 2006-2012

REFEREED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS IN PRINT (Key: Graduate students; Undergraduate/high school

students) [Impact Factor / # Citations]

1. L. Zhang, Y. Luo, R. Wijayapala, K. B. Walters, “Alcohol Stabilization of Low Water Content Pyrolysis

Oil during High Temperature Treatment,” Energy & Fuels 2017, 31(12):13666–13674, DOI:

10.1021/acs.energyfuels.7b02276 [3.091 / 0]

2. Mahla Zabet, Satish Mishra, Ramiz Boy, Keisha B. Walters, Amit K. Naskar, Santanu Kundu,

“Temperature-Dependent Self-Assembly and Rheological Behavior of a Thermoreversible PMMA–

PnBA–PMMA Triblock Copolymer Gel,” Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics 2017,

55(11):877–887, DOI: 10.1002/polb.24336 [3.830 / 1].

3. S. A. Ranaweera, M. D. Rowe, K. B. Walters, W. P. Henry, M. G. White, J.M. Rodriguez, “Synthesis,

Characterization and Catalytic Activity of a Cobalt Catalyst:Silica-Supported,bis(1,5-diphenyl-1,3,5-

pentanetrionato)dicobalt(II) [Co2(dba)2],” Applied Catalysis A: General 2017, 529:108–117, DOI:

10.1016/j.apcata.2016.10.015 [4.403 / 2].

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.7b02276

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/polb.24336/abstract

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0926860X16305105

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4. A. Sharma, J. D. Smith, K. B. Walters, S W. Rick, “Constant pH simulations of pH responsive polymers,”

The Journal of Chemical Physics 2016, 145:234906, DOI: 10.1063/1.4972062 [2.950 / 2].

5. Rowe, M. D., Eyiler, E., Walters, K. B. “Bio-based plasticizer and thermoset polyesters: A green polymer

chemistry approach,” J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2016, 133:43917, DOI: 10.1002/app.43917 [1.866 / 3]

6. L. Zhang, A. Chaparro Sosa, K B. Walters, “Impacts of Thermal Processing on the Physical and Chemical

Properties of Pyrolysis Oil Produced by a Modified Fluid Catalytic Cracking Pyrolysis Process,”

Energy&Fuels 2016, 30(9):7367–7378, DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.6b01220 [2.835 / 2].

7. Rowe, M.; Eyiler, E.; Walters, K.B. “Hydrolytic degradation of bio-based polyesters: Effect of pH and

time,” Polymer Testing (2016) 52:192–199, DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2016.04.015 [2.322 / 3]

8. Vasquez, Erick S.; Feugang, Jean M.*; Willard, Scott T.; Ryan, Peter L.; Walters, Keisha B.*

“Bioluminescent magnetic nanoparticles as potential imaging agents for mammalian spermatozoa,”

Journal of Nanobiotechnology (2016) 14:20, DOI: 10.1186/s12951-016-0168-y [2.596 / 11]

9. Erick Vasquez, Keisha B. Walters, Keith Walters*, "Analysis of Particle Transport and Deposition of

Micron-sized Particles in a 90° Bend Using a Two-fluid Eulerian-Eulerian Approach," Aerosol Science

and Technology (2015) 49(9):691-703, DOI: 10.1080/02786826.2015.1062466 [3.155 / 2]

10. J. Lu, J. Wu, J. Chen, Y. Jin, T. Hu, K.B. Walters, S. Ding*, “Fabrication of pH‐sensitive poly (2‐(diethylamino) ethyl methacrylate)/palygorskite composite microspheres via Pickering emulsion

polymerization and their release behavior,” Journal of Applied Polymer Science (2015) 132(26):42179,

DOI: 10.1002/app.42179 [1.64 / 2]

11. J.G. Monroe; E.S. Vasquez; Z.S. Aspin, K.B. Walters, M.J. Berg, S.M. Thompson* “Electromagnetic

induction by ferrofluid in an oscillating heat pipe,” Applied Physics Letters (2015) 106(26):263901, DOI:

10.1063/1.4923400 [3.569 / 7]

12. A. B. M. Zakaria, Erick S. Vasquez, Keisha B. Walters, Danuta Leszczynska, “Functional holey graphene

oxide: a new electrochemically transformed substrate material for dopamine sensing,” RSC Advances,

2015, 5:107123-107135, DOI: 10.1039/C5RA19991C [3.84 / 6]

13. Vasquez, E.S.; Cunningham, J.L.; McMahan, J.B.; Simpson, C.L. and Walters, K.B.* “Fetuin-A

Adsorption and Stabilization of Calcium Carbonate Nanoparticles in a Simulated Body Fluid,” Journal

of Materials Chemistry B (2015) 3:6411-6419, DOI: 10.1039/C5TB00565E [4.726 / 9] This article is part

of a themed collection, 2015 Journal of Materials Chemistry B Hot Papers.

14. Vasquez, E.S.; Cunningham, J.L.; McMahan, J.B.; Simpson, C.L. and Walters, K.B.* “Front Cover”

Journal of Materials Chemistry B (2015), 3, 6393-6394. DOI: 10.1039/C5TB90112J [4.726 / NA]

15. Jia Lu, Xiaoxiao Tian, Yeling Jin, Jing Chen, Keisha B. Walters, Shijie Ding*, "Pickering Emulsions

Stabilized by Palygorskite Particles Grafted with pH-responsive Polymer Brushes" RSC Advances (2015)

5:9416-9424, DOI: 10.1039/C4RA14109A [3.708 / 9]

16. Jia Lu, Xiaoxiao Tian, Yeling Jin, Jing Chen, Keisha B. Walters, Shijie Ding*, "A pH Responsive

Pickering Emulsion Stabilized by Fibrous Palygorskite Particles," Applied Clay Science, (2014) 102:113–

120, DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2014.10.019 [2.798 / 10]

17. Mariola J. Edelmann; Leslie B. Shack; Caitlin D Naske; Keisha B. Walters; Bindu Nanduri*, “SILAC-

Based Quantitative Proteomic Analysis of Human Lung Cell Response to Copper Oxide Nanoparticles,"

(2014) PLoS ONE, 9(12): e114390, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0114390 [3.730 / 16]

18. Mat Rowe, Ersan Eyiler, Keisha B. Walters, “Nanomechanical Properties of Poly(trimethylene malonate)

and Poly(trimethylene itaconate) During Hydrolytic Degradation,” Journal of Applied Polymer Science

(2014) 131(22): 41069, DOI: 10.1002/APP.41069 [1.600 / 0]

19. Samantha A. Ranaweera, Mathew D. Rowe, Keisha B. Walters, Jose M. Rodriguez, Mark G. White, and

William P. Henry, "Support of Dinuclear Copper Triketonate Complexes on Silica: Monolayer Loading

from Complex Footprint and the First Crystallographically Characterized cis Dipyridine Adduct,”

Inorganica Chimica Acta (2014) 423:281–289, DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2014.07.078 [2.041 / 2]

http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4972062

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/app.43917/full

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.6b01220

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S014294181530249X

http://jnanobiotechnology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12951-016-0168-y

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02786826.2015.1062466

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/app.42179/abstract

http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4923400

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2015/ra/c5ra19991c

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2015/tb/c5tb00565e

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/articlecollectionlanding?sercode=tb&themeid=0ff697b4-31af-4f51-af65-a974c40be160

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2015/tb/c5tb90112j

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/ra/2015/c4ra14109a#!divAbstract

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169131714004141

http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0114390


http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2014.07.078

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20. Ersan Eyiler, I-Wei Chu, Keisha B. Walters*, “Toughening of Poly(lactic acid) with Poly(trimethylene

malonate),” Journal of Applied Polymer Science (2014) 131(20):40888, DOI: 10.1002/app.40888 [1.395

/ 8]

21. Ding, Shijie; Shen, Youqing; Walters, Keisha; Chen, Jing; Jin, Yeling; “pH Responsive Behavior of

Fe3O4@PDEA-PEGMA Core-Shell Hybrid Magnetic Nanoparticles,” International Journal of Polymeric

Materials (2014) 63(10), 487-492, DOI: 10.1080/00914037.2013.854219 [1.865 / 2]

22. Erick S. Vasquez, I-Wei Chu, and Keisha B. Walters*, “Janus Magnetic Nanoparticles with

Bicompartmental Polymer Brush Prepared Using Electrostatic Adsorption to Facilitate Toposelective

Surface-initiated ATRP,” Langmuir (2014) 30(23):6858–6866, DOI: 10.1021/la500824r [5.008 / 15].

23. Siriwardana, K.; Gadogbe, M.; Ansar, S.M.; Vasquez, E.S.; Collier, W.; Zou, S; Walters, K.B.; Zhang.

D. “Ligand Adsorption and Exchange on Pegylated Gold Nanoparticles,” The Journal of Physical

Chemistry C (2014) 118(20):11111–11119, DOI: 10.1021/jp501391x [4.814 / 20]

24. Ersan Eyiler, Keisha Walters* “Magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles grafted with poly(itaconic acid) and

poly(n-isopropylacrylamide),” Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

(2014) 444C: 321-325, DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2013.12.070 [2.333 / 11]

25. Vasquez, E.S., Bowser, J., Swiderski, C., Walters, K.B.*, and Kundu, S.* “Rheological Characterization

of Mammalian Lung Mucus,” RSC Advances (2014) 4:34780–34783, DOI: 10.1039/c4ra05055j

[2.562 / 9]

26. Siyam M. Ansar, Ganganath S. Perera, George Salomon, Erick S. Vasquez, Shengli Zou, Charles U.

Pittman, Jr., Keisha B. Walters, and Dongmao Zhang, “Mechanistic Study of Continuous Reactive

Aromatic Organothiol Adsorption onto Silver Nanoparticles,” The Journal of Physical Chemistry C

(2013) 117(51) 27146-27154, DOI: 10.1021/jp4090102 [4.814 / 32]

27. Vangala, K.; Siriwardana, K.; Vasquez, E.S.; Xin, Y.; Pittman, C.U.; Walters, K.B.; Zhang, D.*

“Simultaneous and Sequential Protein and Organothiol Interactions with Gold Nanoparticles,” The

Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2013) 117(3) 1366-1374, DOI: 10.1021/jp310085u [4.805 / 14]

28. Naske, C.D.; Polk, P.; Wynne, Z.; Speed, J.; Holmes, W.E.; Walters, K.B.* “Postcondensation Filtration

of Pine and Cottonwood Pyrolysis Oil and Impacts on Accelerated Aging Reactions” Energy & Fuels

(2012) 26(2), 1284-1297, DOI: 10.1021/ef200541d [3.326 / 18]

29. Trim, M.W.*; Horstemeyer, M.F.; Rhee H.; Park, S.-J.; El Kadiri H.; Williams, L.; Liao, J.; Walters, K.B.;

McKittrick, J. “The effects of water and microstructure on the mechanical properties of bighorn sheep

(Oviscanadensis) horn keratin,” Acta Biomaterialia (2011) 7(3), 1228-1240,DOI:

10.1016/j.actbio.2010.11.024 [3.975 / 28]

30. Ding, S.; Floyd, A.; Walters, K.B.* “Comparison of Surface Confined ATRP and SET-LRP Syntheses

for a Series of Amino (Meth)acrylate Polymer Brushes on Silicon Substrates,” Journal of Polymer Science

Part A: Polymer Chemistry (2009) 47(23), 6522-6560, DOI: 10.1002/pola.23698 [3.971 / 57]

31. Martin, H.J.; Schulz, K.H.; Walters, K.B. “Piranha Treated Titanium Compared to Passivated Titanium

as Characterized by XPS,” Surface Science Spectra (2008) 15(1), 23-30, DOI: 10.1116/11.20070702 [NA

/ 2]

32. Martin, H.J.; Schulz, K.H.; Bumgardner, J.D.; Walters, K.B., “An XPS Study on the use of

Triethoxsilylbutyraldehyde to Bond Chitosan to a Titanium Surface,” Applied Surface Science (2008)

254(15), 4599-4605 [1.616 / 57]

33. Walters, K.B.; Hirt, D.E. “Synthesis and Characterization of a Tertiary Amine Polymer Series from

Surface-Grafted Poly(tert-Butyl Acrylate) via Diamine Reactions,” Macromolecules (2007) 40(14),

4829-4838 [4.539 / 14]

34. Martin, H.J.; Schulz, K.H.; Bumgardner, J.D.; Walters, K.B. “XPS Study on the use of 3-

Aminopropyltriethoxysilane to Bond Chitosan to a Titanium Surface,” Langmuir (2007) 23(12), 6645-

6651 [3.898 / 108]


http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00914037.2013.854219#.UycBAoWa9FU

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/la500824r

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jp501391x?journalCode=jpccck

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2013.12.070

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticlePDF/2014/RA/c4ra05055j

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jp4090102

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/jp310085u

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ef200541d

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2010.11.024

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pola.23698/abstract

http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/11.20070702

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35. Walters, K.B., and Hirt, D.E., “Grafting of End-functionalized Poly(tert-butyl acrylate) to Poly(ethylene-

co-acrylic acid) Film,” Polymer (2006) 47(19), 6567-6574 [3.573 / 17]

36. Ramirez, M.X.; Walters, K.B.; Hirt, D.E., “Relationship Between Erucamide Surface Concentration and

Coefficient of Friction of LLDPE Film,” Journal of Vinyl and Additive Technology (2005) 11(1), 9-12

[1.11 / 20]

37. Walters, K.B.; Schwark, D.W.; Hirt, D.E., “Surface Characterization of LLDPE Films Modified with

Fluorinated Additives,” Langmuir (2003) 19(14), 5851-5860 [3.898 / 57]

38. Sakhalkar, S.S.; Walters, K.B.; Hirt, D.E.; Miranda, N.R.; Roberts, W.P., “Surface Characterization of

LLDPE Film Containing Glycerol Monosterate,” Journal of Plastic Film and Sheeting (2002) 18(1), 33-

43 [1.120 / 4]

REFEREED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS IN PRESS (Key: Graduate students; Undergraduate/high school

students) [Impact Factor / # Citations]

1. Walters, D.K.*; Walters, K.B. “Summer Instruction in Fluid Mechanics: Increasing High-School Student

Interest in and Understanding of Engineering Concepts,” Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education

Research (J-PEER), Accepted [NA / NA]

REFEREED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS UNDER REVIEW (Key: Graduate students; Undergraduate/high

school students) [Impact Factor / # Citations]

1. Kai Guo, Fengxiang Han, Zikri Arslan, Rong Zhang, Keisha B. Walters, “Development of novel magnetic

heteroatom-functionalized calixarene complex for adsorption of Cs, Co and Sr for potential treatment of

nuclear plant contaminated water,” Environmental Science & Technology, Under Review (submitted 05-

17-17) [5.393 / NA].

2. Mohan, Vijitha; Naske, Caitlin; Varadarajan, Anandavalli; Walters, Keisha, "FTIR Spectroscopic Study

on the Hydroxide-catalyzed Cleavage of Ester Bonds in Phosphatidylcholine" The Journal of Physical

Chemistry: B, Under Review (submitted 05-15-17) [3.302 / NA]

3. Anandavalli Varadarajan, Andres F. Chapparo, Keisha B. Walters, “Impacts of centrifugal filtration for

solids removal in pyrolysis oil,” Energy & Fuels, Under Review (submitted 05-15-17) [2.790 / NA]

REFEREED BOOK CHAPTERS

1. Ding, S.; Walters, K.B. “Comparisons of Surface Confined ATRP and SET Polymerizations,” invited

contribution for Polymer Brushes: Substrates, Technologies and Properties, (ed) Mittal Vikas, Taylor and

Francis, CRC Press (2012), ISBN: 9781439857946 [cited: 2].

2. Burgreen, G.; Hester, R.; Soni, B.; Thompson, D.; Walters, D.K.; Walters, K.B. “DigitalLung:

Application of High-Performance Computing to Biological System Simulation,” in Advances in

Computational Biology, AEMB (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology) Springer Series

(2010) Vol. 680, 573-584, DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-5913-3_63 [cited: 1].

3. Walters, K.B. “Tethered Stimuli-Responsive Polymer Films,” invited contribution for Smart Coatings III,

American Chemical Society Symposium Series, eds. J. Baghdachi, T. Provder (2010),Vol. 1050, 21–30,

DOI: 10.1021/bk-2010-1050.ch002.

http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439857946

http://www.springerlink.com/content/n247556506836036/

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/bk-2010-1050.ch002

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PATENTS

1. I-Wei Chu; Ersan Eyiler; Keisha B. Walters “Use of oxidation and pH-shift to selectively remove

solubilized metals,” Provisional Patent Application, Mississippi State University, filed December 20,

2012.

2. “Polymeric Structures with Patterned Reactivity,” Douglas E. Hirt, Scott M. Husson, Keisha B. Walters,

and Chun Zhang, U.S. Patent 7,727,300, filed October 24, 2006 (Serial No. 11/585,664), issued June 1,

2010.

3. “Multilayer Polymer Structures,” Keisha B. Walters, Douglas E. Hirt, Scott M. Husson, U.S. Provisional

Patent (Serial No. 60/729,620), filed October 24, 2005.

REVIEWED CONFERENCE PAPERS (Key: Graduate students; Undergraduate/high school students)

1. Arjun Sharma, Jacqueline Smith, Ran Wijayapala, Swati Kumari, Anandi Varadarajan, Steve Rick,

Keisha B. Walters “Constant pH simulations of pH responsive polymers,” Proceedings of the 16th

Southern School on Computational Chemistry and Materials Science Conference, Jackson State

University, Jackson, MS, July 28th, 2016.

2. Rangana Wijayapala, Ashley Wynne, Erick S. Vasquez, Santanu Kundu, Keisha B. Walters “Synthesis,

Characterization, and Application of Stimuli Respond Polymer and Nanoparticles,” Proceedings of the

SMATDAP 2016 Annual Meeting, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, August 3rd, 2016.

3. Mahla Zabet; Satish Mishra; Keisha B. Walters; Santanu Kundu “Self-Assembly and Mechanical

Properties of Stimuli Responsive Gels,” Proceedings of the SMATDAP 2016 Annual Meeting, Tulane

University, New Orleans, LA, August 3rd, 2016.

4. Ersan Eyiler and Keisha B. Walters, “Magnetic Nanoparticles Surface Modified with Stimuli-Responsive

Polymers: An Initial Study of Stimuli-Triggered Phase Transfer,” 46th IUPAC World Polymer Congress

(MACRO 2016), Paper MN-O-029, July 17-21, 2016, Istanbul, Turkey.

5. Swati Kumari, J. Gabriel Monroe, Huiyu Wang, Rangana Wijayapala, Erick S. Vasquez, Keisha B.

Walters, Matthew J. Berg, and Scott M. Thompson, “Structure-Property Relationships of Ferrofluids Used

as Working Fluids in Oscillating Heat Pipes for Energy Harvesting,” Ruska Student Competition,

Southeastern Microscopy Society 2016 Annual Meeting, ISBN 0149-7887, vol. 36, pp. 9, Pensacola

Beach, FL, May 19, 2016.

6. Swati Kumari, C. Cook, K.B. Walters “CZF@PNIPAM as temperature responsive material for biomedical

applications,” Proceedings of the SMATDAP 2015 Annual Review Symposium, Tulane University, New

Orleans, LA, August 10-11, 2015.

7. Swati Kumari, C. Cook, E. Prehn, E.S. Vasquez, K.B. Walters “Synthesis and characterization of

temperature and pH responsive polymers grafted from surface-modified magnetic nanoparticles,”

Proceedings of the SMATDAP 2015 Annual Review Symposium, August 10-11, 2015, Tulane

University, New Orleans, LA.

8. Juganta Roy, Henry Pinto, Erick Vasquez, Keisha Walters, Jerzy Leszczynski, “First principles studies of

gold nanoparticles and end terminated thiolates,” ACS 250th National Meeting, August 2015, Boston,

MA.

9. Swati Kumari, Cayla Cook, Evan Prehn, Erick S. Vasquez, Keisha B. Walters, “Synthesis and

characterization of temperature and pH responsive polymers grafted from surface-modified magnetic

nanoparticles,” Proceedings of the SMATDAP 2015 Annual Review Symposium, August 10-11, 2015,

Tulane University, New Orleans, LA.

10. Vasquez Guardado, Erick; Gabe Monroe; Berg, Matthew; Thompson, Scott; Walters, Keisha, "Utilization

of Ferrofluids in an Oscillating Heat Pipe for Thermal-to-Electrical Energy Conversion," Proceedings for

the 1st Thermal and Fluids Engineering Summer Conference, American Society of Thermal and Fluids

Engineers (ASTFE), New York, NY, August 9-12, 2015.

11. J. Gabriel Monroe, Erick S. Vasquez, Zachary S. Aspin, John D. Fairley, Keisha B. Walters, Matthew J.

Berg, Scott M. Thompson, “Energy harvesting via ferrofluidic induction,” 2015 SPIE Sensing

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Technology + Applications, April 20-24, 2015, Baltimore, MD, International Society for Optics and

Photonics, paper ID: 94930G-94930G-7 [cited: 4].

12. Erick S. Vasquez; Janice L. Cunningham; Justin McMahan; C. LaShan Simpson; Keisha B. Walters*,

“Fetuin-A Therapy: A New Approach for the Treatment of Vascular Calcification in Chronic Kidney

Disease Patients,” Society for Biomaterials (SFB) Annual Meeting and Exposition, April 15-18, 2015,

Charlotte, NC, paper ID: 34.

13. Janice L. Cunningham; Erick S. Vasquez; Keisha B. Walters; LaShan Simpson*, “Human Fetuin-A

Treatment for Demineralization of Arteriosclerosis,” Society for Biomaterials (SFB) Annual Meeting and

Exposition, April 15-18, 2015, Charlotte, NC, paper ID: 117.

14. Andrew Weeks, Erick Vasquez, Keisha Walters, Amol Janorkar, “Aminated Elastin-like Polypeptide

Coatings for Liver Cell Culture,” Society for Biomaterials (SFB) Annual Meeting and Exposition, April

15-18, 2015, Charlotte, NC, paper ID: 38.

15. Chaparro, A.F.; Vásquez, E.S.; Walters, K.B. “Synthesis and Characterization of Hybrid Polymer-

Magnetic Coatings,” SHPE (Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers) Conference 2014, November 5-

9, 2014, Detroit, MI.

16. J. Cunningham, C.L. Simpson, E.S. Vasquez, K.B. Walters “Targeted Therapy to Treat Cardiovascular

Calcification in ESRD Patients,” 30th Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference, Society For

Biomaterials, April 10-13, 2014, Gulfport, MS.

17. E.S. Vasquez, I. Chu, K.B. Walters, “Stimuli-responsive biphasic-polymer Janus magnetic nanoparticles

prepared via electrostatic interactions and surface-confined ATRP,” POLY: Division of Polymer 245th

ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 7-11, 2013, paper ID: 299.

18. K.H. Parsons, K.B. Walters, D.K. Walters, R. Hester, C.L. McCormick, “Gold nanoparticles via polymer

micelle molecular templates for pulmonary imaging,” POLY: Division of Polymer Chemistry 245th ACS

National Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 7-11, 2013, paper ID: 287.

19. Ding, S.; Walters, K.B. “Fe3O4-PDEA-PEGMA core-shell pH responsive magnetic nanoparticles,”

PMSE: Division of Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering, 245th ACS National Meeting, New

Orleans, Louisiana, April 7-11, 2013, paper ID: 317.

20. Toghiani, R.K., Minerick, A.R., Walters, K. B., Hill, P. J., Henington, C. Engineering Future Chemical

Engineers: Incorporation of Process Intensification Concepts into the Undergraduate Curriculum. 2012

ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, San Antonio, TX, June 10-13, 2012, AC 2012-3670.

21. Rowe, M.D.; Eyiler, E.; Chu, I.; Walters, K.B. “Effects of Hydrolytic Degradation on the Mechanical

Properties of Renewable Bioplastics: Poly(trimethylenemalonate) and Poly(trimethyleneitaconate),”

Proceedings of ANTEC – Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE), Orlando, FL, April 2-4, 2012.

22. E.S. Vasquez, W.B. Nicholson, K.B. Walters “Surface Modification of Iron Oxide (Fe3O4) Micro- and

Nano-particles with Stimuli Responsive Polymers,” Nanotech Conference & Expo 2011, Technical

Proceedings: Nanotechnology 2011: Advanced Materials, CNTs, Particles, Films and Composites,

Chapter 6: Polymer & Soft Nanotechnology, Boston, MA, June 13-16, 2011, 1:612-615.

23. Toghiani, R., Minerick, A.R., Walters, K.B., Hill, P.J., Henington, C. "Engineering Future Chemical

Engineers: Incorporation of Process Intensification Concepts into the Undergraduate Curriculum," 2011

ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Vancouver, BC, Canada, June 26-29, 2011, AC 2011-1239.

24. Rowe, M.D.; Eyiler, E.; Walters, K.B. “pH and Time Dependent Hydrolytic Degradation of Bioplastics

from Renewable Monomers,” Proceedings of ANTEC, Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE), Boston, MA,

May 1-5, 2011,69, 306-311.

25. Walters, D.K.; Walters, K.B. “Introducing Talented High School Students to Engineering Via Fluid

Mechanics,” 2010 ASEE National Conference, Louisville, KY, June 20-23, 2010, AC 2010-1097.

26. Walters, K.B.; Minerick, A.R.; Srivastava, S.; Hall, J.I.; Parker, A.; Thomas, H.; Leonard, K. “Instructor

and Student Perspectives on a Graduate Professional Development Course: Career Issues for Women in

Engineering,” 2010 ASEE National Conference, Louisville, KY, June 20-23, 2010, AC 2010-467.

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27. Toghiani, R.; Walters, K.B.; Hill, P.H.; Minerick, A.R.; Henington, C. “Engineering Future Chemical

Engineers: Incorporation of Process Intensification Concepts in to the Undergraduate Curriculum,” 2010

ASEE National Conference, Louisville, KY, June 20-23, 2010, AC 2010-1882.

28. Schneider, J.; Walters, K.B. “Interdisciplinary and Experiential Approach Towards the Teaching of

Materials Science and Engineering,” Southeastern Regional ASEE Conference, April 18-20, 2010,

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA. [Best Paper Award]

29. Rowe, M.D.; Walters, K.B. “Synthesis and Characterization of Bioplastics from Polyfunctional

Renewable Monomers,” Proceedings of ANTEC – Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE), Chicago, IL, June

22-24, 2009, 67, 508-512.

30. Minerick, A.R.; Walters, K.B., Elmore, B.B; Toghiani, R.; Hill, P.J.; Hernandez, R.; French, T. “Cross-

Curricular Topic Inventory: Strategic Topic Placement and Resulting Student Accountability,” ASEE

Annual Conference Proceedings, Chemical Engineering Division, Austin, TX (2009) AC 2009-2241.

31. Toghiani, R.; Minerick, A.R.; Walters, K.B., “Making the Connections: Facilitation Student Integration

of Chemical Engineering Concepts into a Coherent Framework,” ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings,

Chemical Engineering Division, Pittsburgh, PA (2008) AC 2008-2170 [cited: 4].

32. Rowe, M.D., Smith, E.M., Walters, K.B., “Development of Renewable Polymers From 1,3-Propane Diol

and Malonic Acid,” Proceedings of ANTEC – Society of Plastics Engineers, Cincinnati, OH (2007) 65,

1562-1568.

33. Mohan, V., Hubbard, L.E., Walters, K.B., “Phosphate Ester Cleavage in Phospholipids,” Proceedings of

the MS Academy of Sciences 71st Annual Meeting (2007) 52(1), 80-81.

34. Rowe, M.D., Smith, E.M., Walters, K.B., “Development of Renewable Polymers From 1,3-Propane Diol

and Malonic Acid,” Proceedings of the MS Academy of Sciences 71st Annual Meeting (2007) 52(1), 81.

35. Aich, S., Walters, K.B., Minerick, A.R., “Nano-Encapsulation of Trace Metal Impurities in Biodiesel,”

Proceedings of the MS Academy of Sciences 71st Annual Meeting (2007) 52(1), 77.

36. Walters, K.B., Hirt, D.E., “Tethered Stimuli-Responsive Polymer Films,” Proceedings of the ACS Smart

Coatings Symposium, invited paper (2007) 205-212.

37. Walters, K.B., Rugh, A., and Hirt, D.E., “Melt Grafting of End-Functionalized Poly(tert-butyl acrylate)

to Silicon Substrates,” Proceedings of ANTEC - Society of Plastics Engineers (2005) 3273-3277.

38. Walters, K.B., Wang, W., Harris, R.P., and Hirt, D.E., “Chemically Tailored Polymeric Layers Grafted

To and From a Copolymer Film Surface,” Proceedings of ANTEC – Society of Plastics Engineers (2004)

3859-3864.

39. Walters, K.B. and Hirt, D.E., “Polymer Layers Grown From Gold and Polymer Film Via Surface-

Confined ATRP,” Proceedings of ANTEC – Society of Plastics Engineers (2003) 2793-2797.

40. Walters, K.B. and Hirt, D.E., “Migration of Fluorinated Additives to HDPE Film Surfaces,” Proceedings

of ANTEC – Society of Plastics Engineers (2001) 2644-2648 [cited: 3].

41. McKibbin, J.P., Sankhe, S.Y., Bishop, K.A., and Hirt, D.E., “Comparison of Techniques to Measure

Additive Diffusivity in Polymer Films,” Proceedings of ANTEC – Society of Plastics Engineers (2000)

3497-3501.

ADDITIONAL SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS

1. Walters, Keisha B. “Why we created glow in the dark magnetic sperm,” BioMed Central Blog Network

(2016) http://blogs.biomedcentral.com/on-biology/2016/03/23/created-glow-dark-magnetic-sperm/.

2. Radio Interview, MS Public Broadcasting on Bioplastics Research,

http://mpbonline.org/News/article/engineering_biodegradable_plastics_out_of_biomass_crops_and_tim

ber_harvest, February 22, 2011.

PUBLICATIONS IN PREPARATION (Key: Graduate students; Undergraduate/high school students)

http://blogs.biomedcentral.com/on-biology/2016/03/23/created-glow-dark-magnetic-sperm/

http://mpbonline.org/News/article/engineering_biodegradable_plastics_out_of_biomass_crops_and_timber_harvest

http://mpbonline.org/News/article/engineering_biodegradable_plastics_out_of_biomass_crops_and_timber_harvest

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1. Swati Kumari, C. Cook, E. Prehn, E.S. Vasquez, K. B. Walters “Synthesis and characterization of


Submission planned to the Journal of Nanostructured Polymers and Nanocomposites.

2. Swati Kumari, C. Cook, K.B. Walters “CZF@PNIPAM as temperature responsive material for biomedical

applications,” submission planned to the Journal of Nanostructured Polymers and Nanocomposites.

3. Swati Kumari, J.G. Monroe, Z.S. Aspin, E.S. Vasquez, M J. Berg, S.M. Thompson, K.B. Walters “Novel

energy harvesting method by using ferrofluid as the working fluid in Oscillating Heat Pipes” planned

submission in the Journal of Heat Transfer.

4. Mohan, V., Walters, K.B. “Ester Cleavage Promoted by Lithium Hydroxide in a Series of Phospholipids,”

planned submission in Biophysical Journal.

5. Walters, K.B.; Ding, S.; Vasquez, E.S. “A Study of the pH and Thermo-responsive Behavior of a Series

of Amino (Meth)acrylate Polymer Brushes on Silicon Substrates,” planned submission to

Macromolecules.

6. Cornell, A.L.; Frisch, J., Walters, K.B.* “Chemical Grafting and Optical Characterization of Surface-

modified EAA-OBC and EAA-BDMF Polymer Films,” submission planned to Journal of Polymer

Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry.

7. Rowe, M.D.; Smith, E. M.; Terrell, L.B.; Walters, K.B. “Synthesis, Characterization, and Degradability

of Renewable Copolymers,” planned submission to Polymer.

8. Vasquez, E.S.; Walters, K.B.; Kundu, S. “Nanoparticle-Biopolymer Effects on the Rheological Properties

of Mucus, planned submission in Biomacromolecules.

9. Vasquez, E.S.; Stein, N.; Walters, K.B.; Walters, D.K., “Multiscale Simulations of Particle Transport in a

Physiologically Realistic Bifurcation Lung Geometry,” planned submission to Journal of Aerosol Science.

10. Cornell, A.; Lamb, M.; Rowe, M.D.; Walters, K.B. “Physiochemical Properties of Human Lung Tissue

and Interactions with Fluid Surrogates,” submission planned to Biomacromolecules.

11. Naske, C.D.; Speed, J.; Rodriquez, J.; Holmes, W.E.; Walters, K.B. “Effects of Methanol Addition on

Fractionated and Total Pine Needle Pyrolysis Oil during Accelerated Aging,” planned submission in

Biomass & Bioenergy.

12. Aich, S.; Walters, K.B.; Minerick, A.R. “Silica Shell Nano-encapsulation of Colloidal Nanoparticles: A

Review,” planned submission in the Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology.

13. Trim, W.; Gurtowski, C.; Ohno, M.; Park, S.J.; Walters, K.B.; Horstemeyer, M. “Bio-inspired Composites:

An Overview of Structures, Properties, and Mimicry in Engineering Design,” for submission in

Composites Science and Technology.

14. Naske, C.D.; Speed, J.; Walters, K.B. “Evolution of Phase Separation and Resultant Properties of Pine

Pyrolysis Oil,” planned submission in Energy & Fuels.

15. Cornell, A.; Lamb, M.; Rowe, M.D.; Walters, K.B. “Physiochemical Properties of Human Lung Tissue

and Interactions with Fluid Surrogates,” planned submission to Biophysical Journal.

16. Wynne, P.Z.; Walters, K.B. "Pyrolysis Oil Filtration Methods: A Review," planned submission in Energy

& Fuels.

PRESENTATIONS—Technical (Key: Presenters; Graduate students; Undergraduate/high school students)

1. Keisha B. Walters, “Designing Across Length Scales: Synthesis, Characterization, and Engineering

Function of Stimuli Responsive Nanocomposites,” Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering (AME)

Graduate Student Community (GSC), University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, November 16, 2017

[Invited Talk].

2. Keisha B. Walters, “Material Products,” Honeywell and The University of Oklahoma Technical

Exchange, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, November 5, 2017.

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3. Keisha B. Walters, “Design, Synthesis and Characterization of Stimuli Responsive Nanocomposites,”

Chemical and Biological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, October 17, 2017,

[Invited Talk].

4. Keisha B. Walters, “Advanced Materials,” Army Research Lab (ARL) South, University of Oklahoma,

Norman, OK, October 23, 2017.

5. Keisha B. Walters, “Polymer and Surface Engineering Labs (PolySEL) Research Overview,” OU AIChE

Student Chapter, September 27, 2017.

6. Rangana Wijayapala; Mahsa Abbaszadeh; Santanu Kundu; Keisha B. Walters “Effects of

Carboxymethylcellulose and Amine Terminated PEG Functionalized Au-Nanoparticles Enhance Mucus

Dispersion,” 2016 AIChE Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 14, 2016.

7. Rangana Wijayapala; Mahla Zabet; Erick S. Vasquez; Santanu Kundu; Keisha B. Walters “Exploring

the Volume Phase Transition Behavior of Poly(N-Isopropylacrylamide-co-Methacrylic Acid),” 2016

AIChE Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 14, 2016.

8. Swati Kumari; J. Gabriel Monroe; Huiyu Wang; Rangana Wijayapala; Erick S. Vasquez; Matthew J.

Berg; Scott M. Thompson; Keisha B. Walters, “Effects of Surface Modified Ferrofluids on Energy

Induction in Oscillating Heat Pipes,” 2016 AIChE Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 16,

2016.

9. Arjun Sharma; Jacqueline Smith; Ran Wijayapala; Swati Kumari; Anandi Varadarajan; Steve Rick;

Keisha B. Walters “Constant pH simulations of pH responsive polymers,” 16th Southern School on

Computational Chemistry and Materials Science Conference, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS, July

28th, 2016 [Invited Talk].

10. Rangana Wijayapala, Ashley Wynne, Erick S. Vasquez, Santanu Kundu, Keisha B. Walters “Synthesis,

Characterization, and Application of Stimuli Responsive Polymer and Nanoparticles,” poster presentation

at the SMATDAP 2016 Annual Meeting, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, August 3rd, 2016.

11. Mahla Zabet; Satish Mishra; Keisha B. Walters; Santanu Kundu “Self-Assembly and Mechanical

Properties of Stimuli Responsive Gels,” poster presentation at the SMATDAP 2016 Annual Meeting,

Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, August 3rd, 2016.

12. Keisha B. Walters; Derek Patton, “Synthetic Thrust 3: Stimuli Responsive Polymer-Nanoparticle (NP)

Hybrids–Smart Nanocomposite and Particulate Assembly Building Blocks,” SMATDAP 2016 Annual

Meeting, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, August 3rd, 2016.

13. Ersan Eyiler and Keisha B. Walters, “Magnetic Nanoparticles Surface Modified with Stimuli-Responsive

Polymers: An Initial Study of Stimuli-Triggered Phase Transfer,” 46th IUPAC World Polymer Congress

(MACRO 2016), July 17-21, 2016, Istanbul, Turkey.

14. Swati Kumari, J. Gabriel Monroe, Huiyu Wang, Rangana Wijayapala, Erick S. Vasquez, Keisha B.

Walters, Matthew J. Berg, and Scott M. Thompson, “Structure-Property Relationships of Ferrofluids Used

as Working Fluids in Oscillating Heat Pipes for Energy Harvesting,” Ruska Student Competition,

Southeastern Microscopy Society 2016 Annual Meeting, ISBN 0149-7887, vol. 36, pp. 9, Pensacola

Beach, FL, May 19, 2016.

15. Michael K.J.I. Kyzar, Rangana Wijayapala, Keisha B. Walters, “Effects of Functionalized Gold

Nanoparticles Within Mucin Network,” MSMS Research Symposium, MS Governor’s School for Science

and Mathematics, Columbus, MS, May 6, 2016.

16. Erik S. Antonio, Rangana Wijayapala, Keisha B. Walters, “The Effects of Mucus Coupled with PEG

Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles,” Spring 2016 Undergraduate Research Symposium, Mississippi State

University, Mississippi State, MS, April 14, 2016.

17. Walters, Keisha B. “Material Design…From Molecular Structure to Engineering Function,” University

of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, March 30, 2016 [Invited Talk].

18. Swati Kumari, C. Cook, K.B. Walters “CZF@PNIPAM as temperature responsive material for

biomedical applications,” SMATDAP 2015 Annual Review Symposium, Tulane University, New

Orleans, LA, August 10-11, 2015.

19. Swati Kumari, C. Cook, E. Prehn, E.S. Vasquez, K.B. Walters “Synthesis and characterization of


SMATDAP 2015 Annual Review Symposium, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, August 10-11, 2015.

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20. Keisha B. Walters, “Material Design: Surface Modification, Surface‐Initiated Polymerization, and

Stimuli Responsive Polymers,” NSF EPSCoR Track II MS-LA SMATDAP Consortium Seminar Series,

March 24, 2016.

21. Keisha B. Walters, “Material design . . . from molecular structure to engineering function,” School of

Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, December 8,

2015 [Invited Talk].

22. Erick S. Vasquez, Greg W. Burgreen, Keisha B. Walters and D. Keith Walters, “Implementation of a

Two-Fluid Eulerian-Eulerian Modeling Approach for Particle Transport and Deposition in Different Case

Studies,” 2015 AIChE Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, November 11, 2015.

23. Erick S. Vasquez, J. Gabriel Monroe, Zachary S. Aspin, Swati Kumari, Matthew J. Berg, Scott M.

Thompson and Keisha B. Walters, “Thermal, Stability, and Morphological Effects of Multicore Surface-

Functionalized Magnetic Nanoparticles,” 2015 AIChE Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, November

10, 2015.

24. Erick S. Vasquez, Swati Kumari, Erik S. Antonio and Keisha B. Walters, “Counterion, pH, and

Temperature Effects on Poly(dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate) Thin Films,” 2015 AIChE Annual

Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, November 10, 2015.

25. Laibao Zhang and Keisha B. Walters, “Alcohol Stabilization of Bio-Oils during High Temperature

Treatment,” 2015 AIChE Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, November 10, 2015.

26. Erick S. Vasquez, Elizabeth Duggan, Jordan Metcalf, Santanu Kundu and Keisha B. Walters, “Surface

and Rheological Effects of Mucus/Mucin Coupled with Chitosan-Coated Gold Nanoparticles,” 2015

AIChE Annual Meeting, November 9, 2015, Salt Lake City, UT.

27. Kumari, S.; Cook, C.; Varadarajan, A.; Walters, K.B. “CZF@PNIPAM as a temperature responsive

material for biomedical applications,” poster presentation, 3rd Annual APTEC November meeting, Tulane

University, New Orleans, LA, November 9, 2015.

28. Swati Kumari, Erick S. Vasquez, D. Keith Walters, Keisha B. Walters, “Surface-modified nanoparticles

designed for biomedical applications with computational simulation validation of particle transport within

the human lung,” poster presentation, 2015 National NSF EPSCoR Meeting, Portsmouth, New

Hampshire, November 1-4, 2015 [Invited Talk].

29. Juganta Roy, Henry Pinto, Erick Vasquez, Keisha Walters, Jerzy Leszczynski, “First principles studies of

gold nanoparticles and end terminated thiolates,” ACS 250th National Meeting, Boston, MA, August 18,

2015.

30. Vasquez Guardado, Erick; Gabe Monroe; Berg, Matthew; Thompson, Scott; Walters, Keisha,

"Utilization of Ferrofluids in an Oscillating Heat Pipe for Thermal-to-Electrical Energy Conversion,"

Thermal and Fluids Engineering Summer Conference, American Society of Thermal and Fluids Engineers

(ASTFE), New York, NY, August 9-12, 2015.

31. Erick S. Vasquez; Santanu Kundu; Keisha B. Walters, “Rheological and Nanomechanical

Characterization of Mammalian Lung Mucus,” Thermal and Fluids Engineering Summer Conference,

American Society of Thermal and Fluids Engineers (ASTFE), New York, NY, August 9-12, 2015.

32. Swati Kumari, Cayla Cook, Keisha B. Walters “CZF@PNIPAM as temperature responsive material for

biomedical applications,” poster presentation, SMATDAP 2015 Annual Review Symposium, Tulane

University, New Orleans, LA, August 10-11, 2015.


characterization of temperature and pH responsive polymers grafted from surface-modified magnetic

nanoparticles,” poster presentation, SMATDAP 2015 Annual Review Symposium, Tulane University,

New Orleans, LA, August 10-11, 2015.

34. Erick S. Vasquez, Evan M. Prehn, Keisha B. Walters “Thermal Fracturing of Modified Magnetic

Nanoparticles,” 2015 Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium, Mississippi State University,

Mississippi State, MS, July 30, 2015.

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35. Justyn Forehand, Mahla Zabet, Ornella Tempo, Erick Vasquez, Keisha Walters, Santanu Kundu “Effect

of pH and Temperature on poly(n-isopropylacrylamide-co-methacrylic acid),” 2015 Summer

Undergraduate Research Symposium, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, July 30, 2015.

36. Erik S. Antonio, Erick S. Vasquez, I-Wei Chu, Keisha B. Walters “Swelling of Poly(dimethylamino

ethylmethacrylate) Brushes as a Function of pH and Salt-type Monitored by in situ Ellipsometry and

AFM,” 2015 Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium, Mississippi State University, Mississippi

State, MS, July 30, 2015.

37. Ornella Tempo; Erick Vasquez, Justyn Forehand; Santanu Kundu, Keisha B. Walters “Characterization

of Poly (N-Isopropylacrylamide-Co-Methacrylic Acid),” 2015 Summer Undergraduate Research

Symposium, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, July 30, 2015.


characterization of thermo and pH responsive polymers grafted from APTS-coated magnetic

nanoparticles,” 2015 Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium, Mississippi State University,

Mississippi State, MS, July 30, 2015.

39. Walters, K.B. “Utilizing Stimuli Responsive Polymers in Functional Nanoparticle Design” 15th Southern

School on Computational Chemistry and Materials Science, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS, July

23-24, 2015 [Invited Presentation].

40. Thompson, S.M., Monroe, J.G., Vasquez, E.S., Aspin, Z.S., Berg, M.J., Walters, K.B., “Thermal-to-

Electrical Energy Conversion and Enhanced Heat Transfer with a Ferrofluid Oscillating Heat Pipe,”

ASME International Technical Conference and Exhibition on Packaging and Integration of Electronic and

Photonic Microsystems (InterPACK), San Francisco, CA, July 6-9, 2015.

41. J. Gabriel Monroe, Erick S. Vasquez, Zachary S. Aspin, John D. Fairley, Keisha B. Walters, Matthew J.

Berg, Scott M. Thompson, “Energy harvesting via ferrofluidic induction,” 2015 SPIE Sensing

Technology + Applications, April 20-24, 2015, Baltimore, MD.

42. Antonio, Erik, S.; Vasquez, Erick, S.; Walters, Keisha B., “Counterion and pH Effects on the Stimuli-

Responsive Polymer Poly(dimethylamino ethylmethacrylate),” poster presentation, Mississippi State

University Undergraduate Research Symposium, Mississippi State, MS, April 23, 2015 [2nd Place

Award].

43. Erick S. Vasquez; Janice L. Cunningham; Justin McMahan; C. LaShan Simpson; Keisha B. Walters,

“Fetuin-A Therapy: A New Approach for the Treatment of Vascular Calcification in Chronic Kidney

Disease Patients,” Society for Biomaterials (SFB) Annual Meeting and Exposition, April 15-18, 2015,

Charlotte, NC.

44. Janice L. Cunningham; Erick S. Vasquez; Keisha B. Walters; LaShan Simpson, “Human Fetuin-A

Treatment for Demineralization of Arteriosclerosis,” Society for Biomaterials (SFB) Annual Meeting and

Exposition, April 15-18, 2015, Charlotte, NC.

45. Andrew Weeks, Erick Vasquez, Keisha Walters, Amol Janorkar, “Aminated Elastin-like Polypeptide

Coatings for Liver Cell Culture,” Society for Biomaterials (SFB) Annual Meeting and Exposition, April

15-18, 2015, Charlotte, NC.

46. Laibao Zhang, Keisha B. Walters, “Effect of storage temperature and time on the physical and chemical

properties of pyrolysis oil,” poster presentation, 13th Annual Graduate Student Research Symposium,

Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, March 21, 2015 [First place award].

47. Chaparro, A.F.; Vásquez, E.S.; Walters, K.B. “Exploring the Synthesis and Characterization of

Nanoscale Multifunctional Surfaces,” poster presentation, 2014 AIChE Annual meeting, Atlanta, GA,

November, 16-21, 2014.

48. Erick S. Vasquez, Shijie Ding, Keisha B. Walters. “Analysis of the pH and Thermo-Responsive Behavior

of a Series of Amino (Meth)Acrylate Polymer Brushes on Silicon Substrates By in-Situ Ellipsometry and

AFM Measurements” poster presentation, 2014 AIChE Annual meeting, Atlanta, GA, November, 16-21,

2014.

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49. Anandavalli Varadarajan, Andres F. Chaparro, Keisha B. Walters “Feedstock, Collected Condensate

Fraction, and Filtration Considerations in Upgrading and Pyrolysis Oil Stability,” podium presentation,

2014 AIChE Annual meeting, session: General Topics Chemical Engineering, Atlanta, GA, November,

16-21, 2014.

50. Vasquez, E.S., Ding, S., Walters, K.B. "pH and Thermo-Responsive Behavior of Amino (Meth)Acrylate

Polymer Brushes on Silicon Substrates By In-situ Ellipsometry and Atomic Force Microscopy" podium

presentation, 2014 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, November

16-21, 2014.

51. Vasquez, E.S., Kundu, S., Walters, K.B., "Rheological and Microstructural Characterization of Native

Lung Mucus," podium presentation, 2014 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting,

Atlanta, GA, November 16-21, 2014.

52. Zhang, L., Walters, K.B. "Impacts of Thermal Processing on the Physical and Chemical Properties of

Renewable Crude Oil" 2014 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA,

November 16-21, 2014.

53. Varadarajan, A., Walters, K.B. “Effects of Feedstock, Collected Condensate Fraction, and Filtration on

Pyrolysis Oil Stability" 2014 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA,

November 16-21, 2014.

54. J. Cunningham, C.L. Simpson, E.S. Vasquez, K.B. Walters “Nano-sized Polymersomes for Fetuin-A

Delivery to Reverse Cardiovascular Calcification,” 2014 Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)

Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, October 22-25, 2014.

55. Chaparro, A.F.; Vásquez, E.S.; Walters, K.B. “Synthesis and Characterization of Hybrid Polymer-

Magnetic Coatings,” poster presentation at the 2014 SHPE (Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers)

Conference, November 5-9, 2014, Detroit, MI.

56. Erick Vasquez, Jeffrey Johnston, Jean Feugang, Keisha B. Walters, “Synthesis and Characterization of

Magnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for Life Science Imaging Applications,” Chemistry Department,

Mississippi State University, November 6, 2014.

57. Walters, Keisha B., “SMATDAP: The Smart MATerials Design Analysis and Processing Consortium,

Synthetic Thrust 3: Responsive Nanocomposites,” Tulane University, New Orleans. LA, October 14,

2014.

58. Walters, Keisha B., “From Molecule to Function: Using Stimuli-responsive Polymers to Design

Nanostructured Materials,” Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA,

October 13, 2014 [Invited Presentation].

59. Ersan Eyiler, Keisha B. Walters, “Nanomechanical Properties of Bioplastics During Degradation,” 2014

SPE Bioplastics TopCon, Chicago, IL, October 2, 2014.

60. Johnston, Jeffrey; Vasquez, Erick S.; Feugang, Jean M.N.; Walters, Keisha B., “Magnetic Nano-

composite for Life Sciences Applications,” poster presentation, Mississippi State University Summer

Undergraduate Research Symposium, July 31st, 2014. [1st place award, Physical Science and Engineering

Division].

61. McMahan, J.; Cunningham, Janice L.; Vasquez, Erick S.; Walters, Keisha B.; Simpson, Lashan.

“Characterization of the Fetuin-Calcium Binding Interactions,” podium presentation, MSU Summer

Undergraduate Research Symposium, July 31, 2014. [3rd place award, Outstanding Research, Biological

Science and Engineering Division].

62. Chaparro, Andres F.; Vasquez, Erick S.; Walters, Keisha B., “Development of pH-Responsive Polymer-

Magnetic Nanocomposite Surfaces,” poster presented at the Mississippi State University Summer

Undergraduate Research Symposium, July 31st, 2014.

63. Vasquez, Erick S.; Chu, I-Wei; Walters, Keisha, B., “Polymer-Metal Nanoparticle Composites:

Incorporation of Janus, Magnetic, Stimuli Responsive, and/or Reversible Agglomeration Features,” 14th

Southern School on Computational Chemistry & Materials Science Conference, Jackson State University,

Jackson, MS, July 24, 2014 [Invited Presentation].

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64. Chaparro, Andres F.; Vasquez, Erick S.; Walters, Keisha B., “Development of pH-Responsive Polymer-

Magnetic Nanocomposite Surfaces,” poster presented at the Mississippi State University Summer

Undergraduate Research Symposium, June 30, 2014.

65. Walters, Keisha B. “Material Design...from molecule to function,” Oregon State University, Corvallis,

OR, May 30, 2014 [Invited Presentation].

66. Vasquez, E.S., Chu, I.-W., Gresham, M., O’Horo, A., Barnett, G., Walters, K.B., “Multiphase Stimuli-

Responsive Polymers and Magnetic Nanoparticles Systems: Synthesis and Characterization Methods,”

poster presentation, Bagley College of Engineering Undergraduate Research Symposium, MS State

University, April 22, 2014.

67. Varadarajan, A.; Chaparro, A.F.; Walters, K.B. “Can we use timber residue to produce pyrolysis oil?

Effects on the physicochemical properties of pyrolysis oil from the inclusion of bark in the feed stock,”

poster presentation, Bagley College of Engineering Undergraduate Research Symposium, MS State


68. Vasquez, E.S., Kumari, S., Gompa, T., Johnston, J., Walters, K.B., “Analysis of Thermal Failing of

Mosaic Magnetic Nanoparticles,” poster presentation, Bagley College of Engineering Undergraduate

Research Symposium, MS State University, April 22, 2014.

69. J. Cunningham, C.L. Simpson, E.S. Vasquez, K.B. Walters “Targeted Therapy to Treat Cardiovascular

Calcification in ESRD Patients,” 30th Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference, Society For

Biomaterials, Gulfport, MS, April 10-13, 2014.

70. Walters, K.B. “BioSystems Simulation (BioSim) Focus Area Overview,” National Science Foundation

MS EPSCoR Annual Meeting, Mississippi State University, April 2, 2014.

71. Vasquez, E.S., Kundu, S., Walters, K.B., Walters, D.K., Swiderski, C., Bowser, J. “Mechanical

Properties of Pulmonary Mucus,” National Science Foundation MS EPSCoR Annual Meeting,

Mississippi State University, April 2, 2014.



poster presentation, Bagley College of Engineering Graduate Research Poster Competition, Mississippi

State University, March 24-25, 2014. [Distinguished M.S. Research Award]


Mosaic Magnetic Nanoparticles,” poster presentation at Bagley College of Engineering Graduate

Research Poster Competition, Mississippi State University, March 24-25, 2014.

74. Cunningham, J L.; Vasquez, E.S.; Walters, K.B.; Simpson, C.L., “Targeted Therapy to Treat

Cardiovascular Calcification in ESRD Patients,” 12th Annual Graduate Student Research Symposium,

Mississippi State University, March 22, 2014. [1st Place Outstanding Research Award -- Life and

Biomedical Sciences and Engineering]

75. Zhang, L., Walters, K.B. “Effects of Thermal Processing on the Physical and Chemical Properties of

KiOR’s Renewable Crude Oil,” 12th Annual Graduate Student Research Symposium, Mississippi State

University, March 22, 2014.



podium presentation, 12th Annual Graduate Student Research Symposium, Mississippi State University,

March 22, 2014.


Mosaic Magnetic Nanoparticles,” poster presentation, 12th Annual Graduate Student Research

Symposium, Mississippi State University, March 22, 2014.

78. Vasquez, E.S.; Johnston, J.; Walters, K.B. “Electrophoretic mobility measurements of polymer-

magnetic nanoparticle systems,” poster presentation, POLY: Division of Polymer Chemistry, 247th

ACS National Meeting, Dallas, TX, March 18, 2014.

79. Vasquez, E.S., Chu, I.-W., Gresham, M., O’Horo, A., Barnett, G., Walters, K.B., “Multiphase Stimuli-

Responsive Polymers and Magnetic Nanoparticles Systems: Synthesis and Characterization Methods,”

poster presentation, NSF MS EPSCoR Capitol Day, Jackson, MS, February 18th, 2014.

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80. Walters, K.B. “Material design ... from molecule to function: Stimuli-responsive polymers and polymer-

metal nanocomposites,” Department of Chemical Engineering, NC State University, February 10th, 2014

[Invited Seminar].

81. Varadarajan, A.; Walters, K.B. “Effects of Centrifugal Filtration on the Physicochemical Properties of

Pyrolysis oil,” podium presentation, 2013 AIChE Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 6,

2013.

82. Zhang, L.; Zhou, P.; Liu, J.; Yu, F.; Walters, K.B. “Production of Hydrogen via Steam-Reforming

Reactions of Bio-Oil over Nickel Based Catalysts,” poster presentation, 2013 AIChE Annual Meeting,

San Francisco, CA, November 6, 2013.

83. Vasquez, E.S., Walters, K.B., "Electrophoretic Mobility Measurements of Polymer-Magnetic

Nanoparticle Systems," 2013 AIChE Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 7, 2013.

84. Vasquez, E.S., Walters, K.B., Walters, D.K. "Transport Modeling of Micron-Sized Particles in Different

Geometries Using a Two-Fluid Eulerian-Eulerian Approach," 2013 AIChE Annual Meeting, San

Francisco, CA, November 3-8, 2013.

85. Varadarajan, A., Walters, K.B. "Effects of Post-Condensation Centrifugal Filtration on Pyrolysis Oil,"

2013 AIChE Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 3-8, 2013.

86. Zhang, L., Zhou, P., Liu, J., Yu, F.*, Walters, K.B* "Production of Hydrogen Via Steam-Reforming

Reactions of Bio-Oil Over Nickel Based Catalysts," 2013 AIChE Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA,

November 3-8, 2013.

87. Vasquez, E.S., Walters, K.B., Walters, D.K. "Transport Modeling of Micron-sized Particles in a 90-

degree Bend/PRB Using a Two-fluid Eulerian-Eulerian Approach,” FEDSM2013 (25-2 Numerical

Methods for Multiphase Flows II), Incline Village, NV, July 9, 2013 [Invited Presentation].

88. Ersan Eyiler, Mathew D. Rowe, I-Wei Chu, and Keisha B. Walters, “Mechanical Properties of Poly(lactic

acid) and Poly(trimethylene malonate) Blends,” Seeing at the Nanoscale 2013, Evanston, Illinois, April

17, 2013.


PMSE: Division of Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering, 245th ACS National Meeting, New

Orleans, Louisiana, April 9, 2013.

90. E.S. Vasquez, I. Chu, K.B. Walters, “Stimuli-responsive biphasic-polymer Janus magnetic nanoparticles

prepared via electrostatic interactions and surface-confined ATRP,” POLY: Division of Polymer 245th

ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 9, 2013.

91. K.H. Parsons, K.B. Walters, D.K. Walters, R. Hester, C.L. McCormick, “Gold nanoparticles via polymer

micelle molecular templates for pulmonary imaging,” POLY: Division of Polymer Chemistry -245th ACS

National Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 9, 2013.


PMSE-POLY Sci-Mix, 245th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 8, 2013.

93. Eyiler, E.; Rowe, M.D.; Chu, I.-W.; Walters, K.B. “Thermal and Mechanical Properties of Poly(lactic

acid) and Poly(trimethylene malonate) Blends,” 11th Annual Graduate Student Research Symposium,

Mississippi State University, March 23, 2013.

94. Maryam Dadgarmoghaddam, I-Wei Chu, Mehdi Hajianmaleki, D. Keith Walters, Keisha B. Walters,

“Thickness, Morphology, and Hydrolytic Stability of Aminosilane Layers on Silicon Substrate,” poster

presented at ASME 2012 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, November 9-15,

2012, Houston, Texas, IMECE2012-93820.

95. Walters, K.B. “BioSim: Digital Lung,” NSF MS EPSCoR Fall Forum Presentation, Mississippi State

University, MS State, MS, September 28, 2012.

96. Toghiani, R.K., Minerick, A.R., Walters, K. B., Hill, P. J., & Henington, C. Engineering Future Chemical


ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, San Antonio, TX, June 11, 2012.

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97. Vasquez, E.S.; Ding, S.; Walters, K.B. “A Study of the pH and Thermo-responsive Behavior of a Series

of Amino (Meth)acrylate Polymer Brushes on Silicon Substrates by In-situ Ellipsometry and AFM

Measurements,” poster presentation at the 10th National Graduate Research Polymer Conference, Case

Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, May 22-24, 2012.

98. Eyiler, E.; Rowe, M.D.; Walters, K.B. “Effects of Comonomer and Catalyst:Monomer Ratios on

Polycondensation Reactions to Synthesize Renewable Bioplastics,” MSU Graduate Research

Symposium, Mississippi State, MS, April 14, 2012.

99. Walters, K.B. “BIOSIM Research Component,” NSF MS EPSCoR Statewide Meeting, University of

Mississippi, Oxford, MS, April 11, 2012.

100. Walters, K.B. “Report to the Advisory Board, BioSim Focus Area,” NSF MS EPSCoR Statewide

Meeting, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, April 11, 2012.

101. Gresham, M.D.; Vasquez, E.S.; Walters, K.B. “Impact of Impurities and Substrate Crystal Structure

on the Formation of 11-Mercapto-1-undecanol Self Assembled Monolayers on Gold and Subsequent

Grafting of PNIPAM Polymer Brushes,” 44thAnnual Southeast Regional American Chemical Society

Undergraduate Research Conference (SURC), Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, April

12-13, 2012.

102. Walters, K.B. “Overview of EPSCoR Year 3 BioSim Research Components,” NSF MS EPSCoR

Annual Meeting, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, April 11, 2012.

103. Walters, K.B. “EPSCoR Year 3: Update on Walters’ Group Research,” NSF MS EPSCoR Annual

Meeting, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, April 11, 2012.

104. Cornell, A.L.; Smith, E.A.; Walters, K.B. “Modeling Diffusion of Aerosol Drugs Through Pulmonary

Mucus,” NSF MS EPSCoR Annual Meeting, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, April 10, 2012.

105. Vasquez, E.S.; Stein, N.; Walters, K.B.; Walters, D.K. “Eulerian-Eulerian Particle Transport and

Deposition of Micron-sized Particles in a 90 Bend and a Human Lung Geometry,” NSF MS EPSCoR

Annual Meeting, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, April 10, 2012.

106. Eyiler, E.; Rowe, M.D.; Chu, I.; Walters, K.B. “Effects of Hydrolytic Degradation on the Mechanical

Properties of Renewable Bioplastics: Poly(trimethylenemalonate) and Poly(trimethyleneitaconate),”

podium presentation at ANTEC – Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE), Orlando, FL, April 2-4, 2012.

107. Eyiler, E.; Rowe, M.D.; Chu, I.; Walters, K.B. “Mechanical Properties of Poly(lactic acid) and

Poly(trimethylenemalonate) Blends,” poster presentation at ANTEC – Society of Plastics Engineers

(SPE), Orlando, FL, April 2-4, 2012.

108. Lemus, M.; Vasquez, E.S.; Ding, S.; Walters, K.B. "Exploring the Temperature and pH Response of

Amino (Meth)acrylate Polymer Brushes Using In-situ Spectroscopic Ellipsometry Measurements," poster

presented at the 2011 Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) Annual meeting, Anaheim,

California, October 27, 2011.

109. Vasquez, E.S.; Stein, N.; Walters, K.B.; Walters, D.K. “Deposition and Transport of Micron-sized

Particles in the Human Tracheobronchial Tree,” poster presented at the 2011 National NSF EPSCoR

Conference, Couer D'Alene, Idaho, October 25, 2011.

110. Wynne, P.Z.; Naske, C.D.; Polk, P.; Waters, K.B. “Preliminary Investigations of Pyrolysis Oil Filtration

Methods,” poster presented at the 2011 BioFuels Conference, Mississippi State University, October 6,

2011.

111. Chu, I.-W.; Vasquez, E.S.; Eyiler, E.; Dadgarmoghaddam, M.; Walters, K.B. “The Synthesis and

Characterization of Novel 3-D Asymmetric Nanoparticles,” poster presentation at the 9thAnnual Seeing

at the Nanoscale Conference, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, July 19-22, 2011.

112. Vasquez, E.S.; Nicholson, B.; Walters, K.B. “Surface Modification of Iron Oxide (Fe3O4) Micro- and

Nano-particles with Stimuli Responsive Polymers,” 2011 Nanotech Conference and Exposition, Boston,

MA, June 13-16, 2011.

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113. Rowe, M.D.; Eyiler, E.; Walters, K.B. “pH and Time Dependent Hydrolytic Degradation ofBioplastics

from Renewable Monomers,” Annual Technical Conference (ANTEC) of the Society of Plastics

Engineers (SPE), Boston, MA, May 1-5, 2011.

114. Walters, K.B. "Material design . . . from molecule to function," Department of Chemical Engineering,

University of Utah, April 25th, 2011. [Invited Seminar]

115. Lemus, M.; Vasquez, E.S.; Ding, S.; Walters, K.B. "Exploring the Temperature and pH Response of

Amino (Meth)acrylate Polymer Brushes Using In-situ Spectroscopic Ellipsometry Measurements,"

Mississippi State University Undergraduate Research Symposium, April 21, 2011.

116. Rowe, M.D.; Eyiler, E.; Walters, K.B. “pH and Time Dependent Hydrolytic Degradation of

Bioplastics,” 9th Annual Graduate Student Research Symposium, Mississippi State University, April 16,

2011.

117. Vasquez, E.S.; Stein, N.; Walters, K.B. and Walters D.K., "Transport Modeling of Micron-sized

Particles in a Human Lung Geometry," 9th Annual Graduate Student Research Symposium, Mississippi

State University, April 16, 2011. [Outstanding Research Award]

118. Cornell, A.L.; Walters, K.B. “Diffusion Studies in Artificial Saliva and Mucus to Predict Lung Aerosol

and Particulate Transport,” poster presentation at the 2011 NSF MS EPSCoR Annual Meeting,

Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS, April 14-15, 2011.

119. Williams, A.M.; Walters D.K.; Walters, K.B. “Modeling the Fate of Inhaled Particulate Matter,” poster

presentation at the 2011 NSF MS EPSCoR Annual Meeting, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS,

April 14-15, 2011.

120. Vasquez, E.S.; Stein, N.; Walters, K.B.; Walters, D.K. “Computational Modeling of Particle Inhalation

in the Human Lung,” poster presentation at the 2011 NSF MS EPSCoR Annual Meeting, Mississippi

State University, Starkville, MS, April 14-15, 2011. [1st Place Poster Award, BioSim Focus Group]

121. Walters, K.B. “Development of Polymer-based Materials: From Nano-scale Drug Delivery to

Degradable Cutlery,” Mechanical Engineering Seminar Series, Mississippi State University, April 11,

2011.

122. Walters, K.B. “Material design. . . from molecule to function,” Chemistry Seminar Series,


123. Vasquez, E.S.; Stein, N.; Walters, K.B.; Walters, D.K. “Computational Modeling of Particle Inhalation

in the Human Lung,” poster presented at the 2011 NSF MS EPSCoR Capitol Day, Jackson, MS, March

16, 2011.

124. Ranaweera, S.A.; Henry, W.P.; Rowe, M.D.; Walters, K.B.; White, M.G.; Rodriguez, J.M.

“Preparation, Characterization and Catalytic Activity of Supported Binuclear Cobalt Complexes on Cab-

O-Sil,” poster presented at the 2010 ACS SWRM/SERMACS Meeting, New Orleans, LA, November 30-

December 4, 2010.

125. Vasquez, E.S.; Walters, K.B.; Walters, D.K. “Transport Modeling of Micro- and Nanometer-Sized

Particles in a Human Lung Geometry,” 2010 AIChE Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, November 11,

2010.

126. Rowe, M.D.; Eyiler, E.; Walters, K.B. “pH-Dependent Hydrolytic Degradation of

Poly(trimethylenemalonate) and Poly(trimethyleneitaconate),” poster presented at the 2010 AIChE

Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, November 8, 2010.

127. Vasquez, E.S.,Young, M.J., Walters, K.B. “Temperature and pH Response of a Series of Amino

Methacrylate Polymer Brushes Grafted by in-Situ Spectroscopic Ellipsometry Measurements,” 2010

AIChE Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, November 8, 2010.

128. Vasquez, E.S.,Jones, M.Y., Walters, K.B. “Synthesis, Characterization, and Swelling/Contraction

Behavior of PNIPAm and PMAA Polymer Brushes Grafted On Gold Substrates,” poster presented at the

2010 AIChE Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, November 8, 2010.

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129. Naske, C.D., Walters, K.B. “Liquid Phase Serial Filtration of Pine and Cottonwood Pyrolysis Oils and

Observed Effects On Aging,” poster presented at the 2010 AIChE Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT,

November 9, 2010.

130. Ranaweera, S.A., Henry, W.P., Rowe, M.D., Walters, K.B., White, M.G., Rodriguez, J.M. “Preparation

and Characterization of Supported Binuclear Copper Complexes on Cab-O-Sil and their Catalytic

Activity,” poster presented at the ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, August 22–26, 2010.

131. Naske, C.D., Polk, P., Speed, J., Holmes, W.E., Walters, K.B., “Evolution of Phase Separation During

Aging in Pine Pyrolysis Oil,” poster presented at the Summer 2010 Undergraduate Research Symposium,

Mississippi State University, July 29, 2010.

132. Naske, C.D., Onwubiko, A., Walters, K.B. “Monitoring Molecular Weight and Polydispersity Changes

During the Aging of Pine and Cottonwood Pyrolysis Oil,” poster presented at the Summer 2010

Undergraduate Research Symposium, Mississippi State University, July 29, 2010.

133. Cornell, A., Miller, J., Walters, K.B. “Physiochemical Analyses of Drug-doped Artificial Saliva

Solutions for Improved Aerosol Drug Delivery,” poster presented at the Summer 2010 Undergraduate

Research Symposium, Mississippi State University, July 29, 2010.

134. Vasquez, E.S., Young, M.J., Walters, K.B. “Temperature and pH Response of Poly(2-

(diethylamino)ethyl methacrylate) Polymer Brushes Grafted on Silicon Substrates by In-situ

Spectroscopic Ellipsometry Measurements,” poster presented at the Mississippi State University

Undergraduate Research Symposium, April 22, 2010. [1st place award, Life Sciences Division, MSU

Undergraduate Research Symposium, 2010]

135. Naske, C.D., Speed, J., Wynne, P.Z., Walters, K.B. “Effects of Methanol Addition on the Aging of Bio-

oil Produced from Pine Needles,” poster presented at the Mississippi State University Undergraduate

Research Symposium, April 22, 2010.

136. Vasquez, E.S., Walters, K.B. "A Mathematical Model for the Transport of Micron and Nanometer-sized

Particles in the Human Lung," poster presented at the MS EPSCoR Annual Meeting, Jackson, MS, April

15, 2010. [1st place award, Computational Biological Simulation Division, 2010 MS EPSCoR

Meeting]

137. Naske, C.D.; Crosby, S.E.; McMaster, A.; Walters, K.B. “Preliminary Studies of pH and Char Particle

Content on Bio-oil Aging,” presented at the AIChE 2009 Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, November 11,

2009.

138. Naske, C.D., Speed, J., Wynne, P.Z., Crosby, S.E., Walters, K.B., “Effects of Char Particles On the

Aging of Bio-Oil Produced From Timber Biomass Pyrolysis,” poster presented at the AIChE 2009 Annual

Student Conference, Nashville, TN, November 9, 2009.

139. Naske, C.D.; Crosby, S.E.; Speed, J.; Wynne, P.Z.; Walters, K.B. “Examination of Char Particle Effects

on Bio-oil Aging Reactions,” presented at the Mississippi State University 8th Annual Graduate Research

Symposium, November 6, 2009.

140. Rowe, M.D., Walters, K.B. “Green Bioplastic -- Synthesis, Characterization, and Kinetic Modeling,”

presented at the Mississippi State University 8th Annual Graduate Research Symposium, November 6,

2009.

141. Vasquez, E.S., Walters, K.B. "Magnetic Nanoparticle Transport Through Liquid-Liquid Interfaces,"

presented the Mississippi State University 8th Annual Graduate Research Symposium, November 6, 2009.

142. Rowe, M.D.; Walters, K.B. “Synthesis and Characterization of Bioplastics from Polyfunctional

Renewable Monomers,” Annual Technical Conference (ANTEC) of the Society of Plastics Engineers

(SPE), Chicago, IL, June 22-24, 2009.

143. Naske, C.D.; Crosby, S.E.; McMaster, A.; Walters, K.B. “Investigation of pH and Char Particles on

Bio-oil Aging Reactions,” poster presented at the 8th Annual Southern Bioproducts and Renewable Energy

Conference, Jackson, MS, May 20-21, 2009.

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144. Rowe, M.D., Smith, E.M., Walters, K.B. “Synthesis and Characterization of Bioplastics from 1,3-

Propanediol, Malonic Acid, and Itaconic Acid,” poster presented at the 8th Annual Southern Bioproducts

and Renewable Energy Conference, Jackson, MS, May 20-21, 2009.

145. Wynne, P.Z.; Rowe, M.D.; Walters, K.B. “A Preliminary Study of Thiol and Silane Self Assembled

Monolayer Formation on Copper Substrates,” poster presented at the Undergraduate Research

Symposium, Mississippi State University, April 21, 2009.

146. Naske, C.D.; Crosby, S.E.; Walters, K.B.; “Pine and Cottonwood Bio-oil Ageing,” poster presented at

the Mississippi State University Undergraduate Research Symposium, April 21, 2009.

147. Lamb, M.; Rowe, M.D.; Walters, K.B. “Development of a Drug Deposition Model Incorporating the

Physiochemical Surface Properties of Lung Tissue,” poster presented at the Undergraduate Research

Symposium, Mississippi State University, April 21, 2009.

148. Lamb, M.; Rowe, M.D.; Walters, K.B. “Development of a Drug Deposition Model Incorporating the

Physiochemical Surface Properties of Lung Tissue,” poster presented at the 2009 MS EPSCoR Meeting,


149. Naske, C.D.;Crosby, S.E.; McMaster, A.; Walters, K.B. “Preliminary Chemical and Physical

Characterizations of Bio-oil Aging,” poster presented at the Mississippi State University 2nd Energy

Workshop, April 15, 2009.

150. Rowe, M.D., Smith, E.M., Wall, M.C., Walters, K.B. "Chemical Structure and Molecular Weight

Dependence on Reaction Time and Temperature for Bioplastics Synthesized From 1,3-Propanediol,

Malonic Acid, and Itaconic Acid," 7th Annual Graduate Student Association Research Symposium,

Mississippi State University, April 3rd, 2009.

151. Wynne, P.Z.; Rowe, M.D.; Walters, K.B. “A Preliminary Study of Thiol and Silane Self Assembled

Monolayer Formation on Copper Substrates,” AIChE Southern Regional Conference, University of

Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, April 3-5, 2009.

152. Naske, C.D.; Crosby, S.E.; Walters, K.B. “Initial Aging Studies of Pyrolysis Bio-oil Produced from

Pine and Cottonwood,” AIChE Southern Regional Conference, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL,

April 3-5, 2009.

153. Rowe, M.D., Smith, E.M., Wall, M.C., Walters, K.B., "Synthesis and Chemical Characterization of

Renewable Copolymers from 1,3-Propane Diol, Malonic Acid, and Itaconic Acid," poster presented at

the Society of Plastic Engineers Mississippi Chapter Meeting, Mississippi State University, March 10,

2009.

154. Rowe, M.D., Crosby, S.E., Jamison, P., Walters, K.B., "Degradation of Renewable Resource

Copolymers," poster presented at Society of Plastic Engineers Mississippi Chapter Meeting, Mississippi

State University, March 10, 2009.

155. Walters, K.B. “Advanced Polymer Systems – Building Function By Design,” Louisiana State

University, Baton Rouge, LA, March 6, 2009 [Invited Seminar].

156. Rowe, M.D., Crosby, S.E., Walters, K.B., "Degradation of Renewable Resource Copolymers," poster

presented at 2008 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA,

November 16th - 21st, 2008.

157. Rowe, M.D.; Crosby, S.; Walters, K.B. “Dependence of the Hydrolytic Degradation of Poly(ester-

anhydride) Copolymers on pH, Temperature, and Time,” poster presented at the 2008 American Institute

of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November 17, 2008.

158. Lamb, M.; Rowe, M.D., Walters, K.B. “Physiochemical Surface Properties of Lung Tissues for

Modeling Drug Deposition,” poster presented at the 2008 American Institute of Chemical Engineers

Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November 17, 2008.

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159. Rowe, M.D.; Walters, K.B. “Development and Characterization of Copolymers from Renewable

Resource Monomers,” poster presented at the 2008 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual

Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November 20, 2008.

160. Rowe, M.D.; Walters, K.B. “Hydrolytic Degradation Studies of Renewable Copolymers,” 2008

American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November 19, 2008.

161. Ranaweera, S.A.; Henry, W.P.; Rowe, M.D.; Walters, K.B.; White, M.G.; Rodriguez, J.M. “Preparation

and characterization of supported Cu2(daa)2 complex on Cab-O-Sil as a catalyst precursor,” poster

presented at the 60th Southeastern Regional Meeting (SERMACS) of the American Chemical Society

(ACS), Nashville, TN, November 12–15, 2008.

162. Rowe, M.D.; Walters, K.B.; “Synthesis, characterization and degradation of Bioplastics,” poster

presented at the 60th Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society (SERMACS)of

the American Chemical Society (ACS), Nashville, TN, November 12–15, 2008.

163. Terry, A.; Minerick, A.; Thibaudeau, G.; Walters, K.B., “Structurally Responsive Materials Inspired

by Nature,” 2008 Bioinspired Design Conference, Mississippi State University, August 21, 2008.

164. Rowe, M.D.; Smith, E.M.; Walters, K.B., “Synthesis and Characterization of Renewable Polymers from

By-Products of Bio-Refineries,” poster presented at the MS State Biofuels Conference, Mississippi State,

MS, August 14-15, 2008.

165. Rowe, M.D., Smith, E.M., Walters, K.B., “Synthesis and Characterization of Renewable Copolymers

from By-Products of Bio-Refineries,” poster presented at the 7th Annual SPE Student Research Poster

Session, Mississippi Chapter of the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE), Starkville, MS, April 8, 2008.

166. Rowe, M.D.,Walters, K.B., “Development and Characterization of Renewable Copolymers,” AIChE

Spring National Meeting and 235th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS), New

Orleans, LA, April 6-10, 2008.

167. Lamb, M.,Álvarez Lugo, E.L., Rowe, M.D.,Walters, K.B., “Physiochemical Surface Properties of Lung

Tissues for Modeling Drug Deposition,” poster presented at the AIChE2008 Southern Regional

Conference, Auburn, AL, April 4-6, 2008.

168. Ding, S., Walters, K.B., “Surface-Confined Living Radical Polymerization of pH-Responsive Amino

(Meth)Acrylate Brushes,” 2007 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, Salt Lake

City, UT, November 2007.

169. Rowe, M.D., Walters, K.B., “Synthesis, Characterization, and Degradability of Renewable

Copolymers,” 2007 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT,

November 2007.

170. Mohan, V., Walters, K.B., “Selective Ester Cleavage in Phospholipids – Towards the Development of

Phosphate Functionalized Polymers,” American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, Salt

Lake City, UT, November 2007.

171. Aich, S., Schulz, F.; Walters, K.B., Minerick, A.R., “Synthesis and Characterization of Cu-SiO2 Core-

Shell Nanoparticles,” 2007 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City,

UT, November 2007.

172. Martin, H.J., Schulz, K.H., Walters, K.B., Bumgardner, J.D., “Surface Science Studies on the Effects

of Triethoxsilylbutyraldehydeand Two Metal Treatments to Bond Chitosan,” 2007 American Institute of

Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, November 2007.

173. Rowe, M.D.,Terrell, L.B., Smith, E.M., Walters, K.B., “Synthesis, Characterization, and Degradation

of Renewable Copolymers,” poster presented at the 2007 American Institute of Chemical Engineers

Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, November 2007.

174. Rowe, M.D. ,Smith, E.M., Terrell, L.B., Walters, K.B., “Synthesis and Characterization of Renewable

Copolymers: Poly(Glycerol-Fumarate) And Poly(Trimethylene-Malonate),” poster presented the 2007

American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, November 2007.

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175. Walters, K.B. “Tethered Stimuli-Responsive Polymer Layers,” Department of Chemical and

Biological Engineering, University of Alabama, September 27, 2007. [Invited Seminar]

176. Schulz, F.; Aich, S.; Walters, K.B.; Minerick, A.R. “Synthesis and Characterization of Cu-SiO2 Core-

Shell Nanoparticles,” poster presented at the 2007 MSU Chemistry:Chemical Engineering – The Bonds

Between Us REU Poster Symposium, July 27, 2007.

177. Álvarez Lugo, E.L.; Rowe, M.D.; Walters, K.B. “Physio-Chemical Properties of Lung Tissue,” poster

presented at the 2007 MSU Chemistry:Chemical Engineering – The Bonds Between Us REU Poster

Symposium, July 27, 2007.

178. Adler, K.L.; Rowe, M.D.; Walters, K.B. “Surface Characterization of Tethered Responsive Polyamine

Films for Biomedical Applications,” poster presented at the 2007 MSU Chemistry:Chemical Engineering

– The Bonds Between Us REU Poster Symposium, July 27, 2007.

179. Mohan, V., Hubbard, L.E.; Crosby, S.E.; Walters, K.B. “Selective Ester Cleavage in Phospholipids --

Towards the Development of Phosphate Polymers,” presented National Polymer Graduate Research

Conference sponsored by the American Chemical Society (ACS) Division of Polymer Chemistry, Oak

Ridge National Lab, Oak Ridge TN, June 2007.

180. Rowe, M.D.; Walters, K.B. “Synthesis and Characterization of Renewable Copolymers: Poly(glycerol-

fumarate) and Poly(trimethylene-malonate),” presented National Polymer Graduate Research Conference

sponsored by the American Chemical Society (ACS) Division of Polymer Chemistry, Oak Ridge National

Lab, Oak Ridge TN, June 2007.

181. Rowe, M.D., Smith, E.M., Walters, K.B., “Development of Renewable Polymers From 1,3-Propane

Diol and Malonic Acid,” ANTEC - Society of Plastics Engineers - Cincinnati, OH, May 6-11, 2007.

182. Rowe, M.D., Walters, K.B., “Synthesis and Characterization of Bioplastics,” ANTEC - Society of

Plastics Engineers - Cincinnati, OH, May 6-11, 2007.

183. Aich, S.; Walters, K.B.; Minerick, A., “An Electron Microscopy Study of Cu/SiO2 Core-Shell

Nanoparticles,” 2007 Southeastern Microscopy Annual Meeting, Decatur, GA, April 11-13, 2007.

184. Aich, S.; Walters, K.B.; Minerick, A. “Rendering Trace Metal Particulates Inert Via Nanoencapsulation

in Biological Processes,” Institute of Biological Engineering, 12th Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO, March

29-April 1, 2007.

185. Mohan, V.; Hubbard, L.; Walters, K. B., "Selective Phosphate Ester Cleavage in Phospholipids," GSA

Research Symposium, Mississippi State University, March 30, 2007.

186. Rowe, M.D.; Smith, E.M.; Walters, K.B., “Development of Renewable Polymers from 1,3-Propane

Diol and Malonic Acid,” GSA Research Symposium, Mississippi State University, March 30, 2007.

187. Rowe, M.D.; Smith, E.M.; McMaster, A.; Walters, K.B. “Development of Renewable Polymers from

1,3-Propane Diol and Malonic Acid,” poster presented at the 2007 AIChE Southern Regional Conference,

March 10-12, 2007.

188. Rowe, M.D.; Smith, E.M.; Terrell, L.B.; Walters, K.B. “Development of Renewable Polymers from

1,3-Propane Diol and Malonic Acid,” poster presented at the 2007 SPE Mississippi Chapter Meeting,

Mississippi State University, March 6, 2007.

189. Aich, S.; Walters, K.B.; Minerick, A. “Nano-Encapsulation of Trace Metal Impurities in Biodiesel,”

poster presented at the 2007 SPE Mississippi Chapter Meeting, Mississippi State University, March 6,

2007.

190. Mohan, V.; Hubbard, L.E.; Walters, K.B. “Selective Phosphate Ester Cleavage in Phospholipids,”

ESCAPE Conference, Mississippi State University March 2-4, 2007.

191. Ding, S.; Walters, K.B. “Fe3O4-PDEA-PEGMA Core-Shell pH Responsive Magnetic Nanoparticles,”

ESCAPE Conference, Mississippi State University, March 2-4, 2007.

192. Rowe, M.D.; Smith, E.M.; Walters, K.B. “Renewable Polymer Development Using 1,3-Propane Diol,

Glycolic Acid, and Malonic Acid,” ESCAPE Conference, Mississippi State University, March 2-4, 2007.

193. Mohan, V.; Hubbard, L.E.; Walters, K.B. “Phosphate Ester Cleavage in Phospholipids,” MS Academy

of Sciences, 71st Annual Meeting, February 21-23, 2007.

194. Rowe, M.D.; Smith, E.M.; Walters, K. B. “Development of Renewable Polymers From 1,3-Propane

Diol and Malonic Acid,” MS Academy of Sciences, 71st Annual Meeting, February 21-23, 2007.

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195. Aich, S.; Walters, K.B.; Minerick, A. “Nano-Encapsulation of Trace Metal Impurities in Biodiesel,”

MS Academy of Sciences, 71st Annual Meeting, February 21-23, 2007.

196. Ding, S.; Walters, K.B. “Synthesis and Characterization of pH Responsive Polymer Brushes,” poster

presentation at the MS Academy of Sciences 71st Annual Meeting, February 21-23, 2007.

197. Walters, K.B.; Hirt, D.E. “Tethered Stimuli-Responsive Polymer Films,” Smart Coatings Symposium,

February 21-23, 2007. [Invited Presentation]

198. Martin, H.J.; Walters, K.B.; Schulz, K.H.; Bumgardner, J.D.; Schneider, J.A. "The Effects of Different

Silanes and Metal Surface Treatments on the Binding of Chitosan as Investigated by Mechanical and

Biological Testing," AIChE Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 13-17, 2006.

199. Martin, H.J.; Walters, K.B.; Schulz, K.H.; Bumgardner, J.D. "Surface Science Studies on the Effects

of Different Silanes and Metal Surface Treatments on the Binding of Chitosan, a Biopolymer," AIChE

Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 13-17, 2006.

200. Walters, K.B. “Tethered pH-Responsive Polymer Layers,” AIChE Annual Meeting – San Francisco,

CA, November 13-17, 2006.

201. Walters, K.B. “pH-Responsive Tethered Layers on Copolymer and Silicon Substrates,” AIChE Annual

Meeting – Cincinnati, OH, November 1-5, 2005.

202. Walters, K.B. “Surface Modification Via Grafting: Stimuli Responsive Polymer Surfaces,” MSU SPE

Student Chapter, September 8, 2005.

203. Walters, K.B.; Rugh, A.; Hirt, D.E. “Melt Grafting of End-Functionalized Poly(tert-butyl acrylate) to

Silicon Substrates,” ANTEC - Society of Plastics Engineers – Boston, MA, May 1-5, 2005.

204. Walters, K.B. “Surface-Grafted pH-Responsive Polymers for Functional Devices, Department of

Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Wyoming, February 28, 2005 [Invited Seminar].

205. Walters, K.B. “Surface-Grafted pH-Responsive Polymers for Functional Devices,” Department of

Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Florida A&M University - Florida State University, February 10,

2005 [Invited Seminar].


Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, University of Maryland – Baltimore County, February 7, 2005

[Invited Seminar].

207. Walters, K.B. “Surface-Grafted pH-Responsive Polymers for Functional Devices,” Hunter Henry

Lecture Series, Dave C. Swalm School of Chemical Engineering, Mississippi State University, February

3, 2005 [Invited Seminar].


Chemical Engineering, Northeastern University, January 28, 2005. [Invited Seminar]

209. Walters, K.B.; Hirt,D.E. “Chemically Tailored Polymeric Layers Grafted to Copolymer Film and

Silicon Surfaces,” AIChE Annual Meeting - Austin, TX, November 7-12, 2004.

210. Walters, K.B.; Wang, W.; Harris, R.P.; Hirt, D.E. “Chemically Tailored Polymeric Layers Grafted To

and From a Copolymer Film Surface,” ANTEC - Society of Plastics Engineers - Chicago, IL, May 17-19,

2004.

211. Walters, K.B. “Technical Research for Surface Modification Topic,” Clemson University, Center for

Advanced Engineering Fibers and Films, NSF Site Visit, 2004.

212. Walters, K.B.; Hirt, D.E. “Surface-Confined ATRP From Ethylene-Based Copolymer Substrates,”

AIChE Annual Meeting - San Francisco, CA, November 16-21, 2003.

213. Walters, K.B.; Hirt, D.E. “Functional Polymer Layers Grafted From Copolymer Substrates Using

Surface-Confined ATRP,” 226th ACS National Meeting - New York, NY, September 7-11, 2003.

214. Walters, K.B.; Hirt, D.E. “Polymer Layers Grown From Gold and Polymer Film Via Surface-Confined

ATRP,” ANTEC - Society of Plastics Engineers - Nashville, TN, May 4-8, 2003.

215. Walters, K.B. “Technical Presentation on Surface Modification Research,” Clemson University,

Center for Advanced Engineering Fibers and Films, NSF Site Visit, 2002.

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216. Walters, K.B.; Hirt, D.E. “Surface Characterization of LLDPE Films Containing Fluorinated

Additives,” AIChE Annual Meeting - Reno, NV, November 4-9, 2001.

217. Walters, K.B.;Hirt, D.E. “Migration of Fluorinated Additives to HDPE Film Surfaces,” ANTEC -

Society of Plastics Engineers - Dallas, May 6-10, 2001.

PRESENTATIONS—Educational (Key: Presenters; Graduate students; Undergraduate/high school students)

1. Keisha B. Walters, “Introducing students to STEM,” NSF RET (Research Experiences for Teachers)

SMART POLYMERS Program, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, July 19, 2016.

2. Keisha B. Walters, “What is research?,” NSF RET (Research Experiences for Teachers) SMART

POLYMERS Program, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, July 19, 2016.

3. Walters, K.B. “Undergraduate Research: Skill Building Process and Career Impacts,” ASEE Annual

Conference, San Antonio, TX, June 11, 2012. [Invited Presentation]

4. Toghiani, R.K., Minerick, A.R., Walters, K. B., Hill, P. J., Henington, C. Engineering Future Chemical


ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, San Antonio, TX, June 10-13, 2012.

5. Toghiani, R.; Minerick, A.R.; Walters, K.B.; Hill, P.J.; Henington, C. "Engineering Future Chemical

Engineers: Incorporation of Process Intensification Concepts into the Undergraduate Curriculum," 2011

ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Vancouver, BC, Canada, June 26-29, 2011.

6. Walters, K.B. “Vertical Integration of Fluids Instruction in the Chemical Engineering Curriculum

through a Process Intensification Framework,” poster presented at the 2010 Frontiers of Engineering

Education Symposium, Sponsored by the National Academy of Engineering and the O’Donnell

Foundation, Irvine, California, December 13-16, 2010.

7. Walters, K.B.; Minerick, A.R.; Srivastava, S.; Hall, J.I.; Parker, A.; Thomas, H.; Leonard, K. “Instructor

and Student Perspectives on a Graduate Professional Development Course: Career Issues for Women in

Engineering,” 2010 ASEE National Conference, Louisville, KY, June 23, 2010.

8. Toghiani, R.; Walters, K.B.; Hill, P.H.; Minerick, A.R.; Henington, C. “Engineering Future Chemical

Engineers: Incorporation of Process Intensification Concepts in to the Undergraduate Curriculum,” 2010

ASEE National Conference, Louisville, KY, June 21, 2010.

9. Walters, D.K.; Walters, K.B. “Introducing Talented High School Students to Engineering Via Fluid

Mechanics,” 2010 ASEE National Conference, Louisville, KY, June 21, 2010.

10. Schneider, J., Walters, K.B. “Interdisciplinary and Experiential Approach Towards the Teaching of

Materials Science and Engineering,” presented at the Southeastern Regional ASEE Conference, April 18-

20, 2010, Blacksburg, VA [Best Paper Award].

11. Minerick, A.R.; Walters, K.B., Elmore, B.B; Toghiani, R.; Hill, P.J.; Hernandez, R.; French, T. “Cross-

Curricular Topic Inventory: Strategic Topic Placement and Resulting Student Accountability,” ASEE

Annual Conference, Austin, TX, June 15, 2009.

12. Toghiani, R.; Minerick, A.R.; Walters, K.B., “Making the Connections: Facilitating Student Integration

of Chemical Engineering Concepts into a Coherent Framework,” ASEE Annual Conference, Pittsburgh,

PA, June 24, 2008.

PRESENTATIONS—Outreach/Service (Key: Presenters; Graduate students; Undergraduate/high school

students)

1. Keisha B. Walters, “Navigating Your Way,” Halliburton Women in Engineering (WiE) 2018 Retreat,

Gallogly College of Engineering, University of Oklahoma, January 20, 2018.

2. Keisha B. Walters, “Value-Added Education: Benefits of a Strong Graduate Program,” Advisory Board,

Gallogly College of Engineering, University of Oklahoma, November 11, 2017.

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3. Keisha B. Walters, “How to Survive THRIVE in Engineering,” Women In Engineering (WIE) Speaks

(TEDtalk), University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, August 17, 2017.

4. Keisha B. Walters, “Graduate School Info Session,” School of Chemical, Biological and Materials

Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Wednesday, May 10, 2017.

5. Keisha B. Walters, “Material Design…From Molecular Structure to Engineering Function,” Fall 2016

OkChE Board Meeting, School of Chemical, Biological, and Materials Engineering, University of

Oklahoma, November 11, 2016.

6. Keisha B. Walters, “Material Design…From Molecular Structure to Engineering Function,” Graduate

Recruitment Talk, School of Chemical, Biological, and Materials Engineering, University of Oklahoma,

August 25, 2016.

7. Walters, K.B. “Poised for Success: A Discussion on An Open and Prepared Mind, Looking for

Opportunities, What it Takes to Succeed, and Your Personal Choices,” GE 1021: Engineering Success,

Mississippi State University, November 11, 2014.

8. Walters, K.B. “Considering Graduate School. Questions to Ask: Why? Why Me? How? Where?,”

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department, Clemson University, April 24, 2014.

9. Walters, K.B. “Decisions, Decisions…What do I want to be when I ‘grow up’?

A Discussion on Career Choices and Careers in STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering, and

Mathematics,” Starkville Public High School, Starkville, MS, May 2013. [Invited Lecture]

10. Walters, K.B. “Decisions, Decisions…What do I want to be when I ‘grow up’?

A Discussion on Career Choices and Careers in STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering, and

Mathematics,” 2013 Women in Science and Technology (WIST) Conference, East MS Community

College—Golden Triangle Campus, February 22nd, 2013. [Invited Seminar—Keynote Lecture]

11. Walters, K.B. “Graduate School: Why? Why Me? How? Where?,” ChE 3331—Professional

Development Seminar, Mississippi State University, February 5th, 2013.

12. Walters, K.B. “You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know Until You Know It,” NSF TIME: Technology

Initiative in Manufacturing and Engineering Workshop, East Mississippi Community College (EMCC),

Mayhew, MS October 18th, 2012.

13. Walters, K.B.; “What Do I Want To Be When I Grow Up? A Discussion on Career Choices and Careers

in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics),” East Mississippi Community College

(EMCC), Mayhew, MS September 18th, 2012.

14. Walters, K.B., “Navigating Your Career Path,” Graduate Women in Science and Engineering (G-WISE),

Mississippi State University, MS State, MS, January 30, 2012.

15. Walters, K.B.; Parker, A. “Graduate School: Why? Why Me? How?” AIChE Student Chapter,

Mississippi State University, October 21, 2010.

16. Walters, K.B. “What is Chemical Engineering?” Hands On Engineering Workshop, July 21, 2010.

17. Walters, K.B. “Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine,” Mississippi NSF EPSCoR Teacher’s Workshop,

Mississippi State University, June 24, 2010.

18. Walters, K.B. “Graduate School. Why? Why Me? How? Why MSU?,” American Institute of Chemical

Engineers (AIChE) Student Group, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, March 5, 2009.

[Invited Seminar]

19. Walters, K.B. “Career Paths, Research, Professional/Personal Balance, and You,” SWE Student Chapter,

Mississippi State University, September 16, 2008. [Invited Seminar]

20. Walters, K.B. “Engineering Careers,” ASME, Northeast Mississippi Section, February 23, 2006.

[Invited Seminar]

TEACHING AND SUPERVISORY EXPERIENCE

Course Instructor

CHE 3203: Fluid Flow; Mississippi State University [Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 2012]

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CHE 3213: Heat Transfer; Mississippi State University [Fall 2005, Spring 2006, Fall 2006, Fall 2007, Spring

2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015]

CHE 3333: Chemical Engineering Separations, University of Oklahoma [Spring 2017]

CHE 4000: Directed Individual Study; Mississippi State University

- Evaluation of Non-Aggressive Grafting Chemistries [Spring 2006]

- Copper Surface Chemistries [Summer 2007]

- Demos, Experiments, and Activities for Polymer Concepts [Spring 2009]

- Smart Polymers [Spring 2010]

- Nanoparticle Materials and Transport [Fall 2011]

- Polymer-Magnetic Nanocomposites [Fall 2014]

- Investigations of Polymers and Nanocomposites [Fall 2015]

- Next Generation Polymer Design, Analysis and Processing [Spring 2016]

CHE 4143/6143: Advanced Polymers and Composite Materials; Mississippi State University [Fall 2015]

CHE 4313/6313: Transport Phenomena; Mississippi State University [Spring 2007, Spring 2010*, Spring 2011,

Spring 2016] * As Directed Individual Study, CHE 4000

CHE 4990/6990: Advanced Polymeric and Multicomponent Materials; Mississippi State Univ. [Fall 2008, Spring

2012]

CHE 5453: Polymer Science, University of Oklahoma [Spring 2017]

CHE 7000: Directed Individual Study, Mississippi State University

- Professional Development for Women in Engineering [Spring 2009]

- Technical Writing for Publication [Spring 2009]

- Next Generation Polymer Design, Analysis and Processing [Spring 2016]

CHE 8123: Chemical Kinetics and Dynamics; Mississippi State University [Spring 2010*]

* As Directed Individual Study, CHE 7000, Ashley Cornell, Ersan Eyiler, Caitlin Naske

CHE 8523: Advanced Transport Phenomena; Mississippi State University [Spring 2007, Spring 2010, Spring

2011]

Course Co-Instructor

CHE 211: Intro. to Chemical Engineering (Mass and Energy Balance); Clemson Univ. [Spring 2003]

ABE/ChE/ME 4624/6624: Experimental Methods in Materials Research; Mississippi State University [Fall 2005,

Fall 2007, Fall 2009, Fall 2011, Fall 2013]

CHE 4313/6313: Transport Phenomena; Mississippi State University [Fall 2012]

Postdoctoral and Research Associate Advisor

Shijie Ding, postdoctoral researcher, July 16, 2006-July 15, 2007

Shampa Aich, postdoctoral researcher [co-advisor: Adrienne Minerick (ChE) - primary], August 1, 2006-July 31,

2007

Shetian Liu, postdoctoral researcher [co-advisor: Mark White (ChE) - primary], July 1, 2008-November 30, 2008

Caitlin Naske, post-baccalaureate researcher, October 16, 2008-May 14, 2009

P. Zach Wynne, post-baccalaureate researcher, August 16, 2009-May 1, 2010

I-Wei Chu, postdoctoral researcher, October 1, 2010-January 4, 2013

Erick Vasquez, postdoctoral researcher, August 16, 2013-July 23, 2015

Anandi Varadarajan, post-master researcher, May 16, 2015-August 15, 2016

Rangana (Ran) Wijayapala, postdoctoral researcher, September 1, 2015-August 15, 2016

Leila Karimi, postdoctoral researcher, March 14, 2017-present

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Graduate Research Advisor

Current:

Huiyu (Hailey) Wang [co-advisor: D. K. Walters (AME) - equivalent] – Ph.D. Student, Aerospace and

Mechanical Engineering; January 2014-present; Dissertation: Analytical and Computational Modeling of

Multiphase Flows in Ferrofluid Charged Oscillating Heat Pipes (tentative)

Collin Britten – Ph.D. Student, Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering; August 2016-present;

Dissertation: Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Stimuli Responsive Polymers (tentative)

Brandon S. Abbott – Ph.D. Student, Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering; August 2017-present;

Dissertation: Surface Modification Using Self Assembled Monolayers and Grafted Polymer Brushes /

Novel Polymer-based Water Remediation Methods (tentative)

Kayla A. Foley– Ph.D. Student, Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering; January 2018-present;

Dissertation: Development of Polymers for Oil and Gas Recovery Processes

Former:

Jessica Simmons Clemmons – M.S. Student, Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering; August 2016-

February 2017; Thesis: Development of Polymer-grafted Nanoparticles (unfinished)

Gabe Monroe [co-advisor: S. Thompson (ME) - equivalent] – Ph.D. Student, Mechanical Engineering; January

2013-December 2016; Graduated December 2016; Dissertation: “Development and Testing of an

Ferrofluidic Oscillating Heat Pipe for Waste Heat Recovery” [Awards: 2016 Bagley College of Engineering

Student of Fame; 2nd place oral presentation, Physics and Computations Sciences, Mathematics, and

Engineering Division, MSU Graduate Research Symposium, 2015; MSU Bagley Graduate Fellowship,

2013-2015]

Swati Kumari – M.S. Student, Chemical Engineering; February 2014-May 2016; Graduated May 2016; Thesis:

“Synthesis and Characterization of Stimuli Responsive Polymer-based Nanocomposites”

Anandi Varadarajan – M.S. Student, Chemical Engineering; January 2013-December 2014; Graduated Fall

2014; Thesis: “Impacts of feedstock bark addition and centrifugal filtration on pyrolysis oil properties and

storage stability” [Awards: Bridge Assistantship, MSU Bagley College of Engineering, Fall 2014;

Distinguished M.S. Research Award, MSU Bagley College of Engineering Graduate Research Poster

Competition, 2014]

LaiBao Zhang – M.S. Student, Chemical Engineering; January 2013-July 2015; Graduated August 2015;

Thesis: “Investigations of the stability of pyrolysis oil during high temperature treatment” [Award: 1st Place

Award, 13th Annual Graduate Student Research Symposium, Mississippi State University, March 21, 2015]

Gideon Mabeny – M.S. Student, Chemical Engineering; March 2014-August 2014

Ashley Williams [co-advisor: D. Keith Walters (ME) - equivalent] – Ph.D. Student, Mechanical Engineering;

Dissertation: TBD; August 2010-August 2013

P. Zach Wynne – M.S. in Chemical Engineering; Graduated May 2014 (August 2010-May 2014); Thesis:

“Processing pyrolysis oil: pilot plant scale centrifugal filtration and stability testing”

Bo Portillo – Ph.D. Student, Chemical Engineering; June 2013-May 2014

Ersan Eyiler – Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering; Graduated August 2013 (August 2009-August 2013);

Dissertation: “Development of degradable renewable polymers and stimuli-responsive nanocomposites”

[Awards: The Republic of Turkey Ministry of National Education Ph.D. Fellowship, 2009-2013; MSU

Graduate Travel Award, 2010; SPE ANTEC Travel Award, 2011 and 2012]

Erick Vasquez – Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering; Graduated August 2013 (June 2009-August 2013);

Dissertation: “Surface Modification and Transport Properties of Nano- and Micro-particles” [Awards:

Finalist for the Study Mississippi International Student of the Year Award, 2012; Bagley College of

Engineering Ph.D. Fellowship, 2009-2010, 2010-2011; Selected Participant, 12th National School on

Neutron and X-ray Scattering, 2010; 1st place poster award, BioSim Focus Area, MS NSF EPSCoR

Meetings, 2010 and 2011; Outstanding Researcher Award, MSU Graduate Student Symposium, Spring

2011; Selected MS Student Representative, National EPSCoR Conference, Oct. 24-27, 2011, Coeur

d'Alene, Idaho; Selected Participant, 2013 Excellence in Polymer Graduate Research Symposium at the

245th ACS National Meeting in New Orleans, LA, April 9, 2013]

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Maryam Dadgarmoghaddam – M.S., Chemical Engineering; January 2011-May 2013 [Awards: 2012 Inductee,

Phi Kappa Phi; Bagley College of Engineering Ph.D. Fellowship, 2012-2014]

MD Shamim Howlader [co-advisor: Santanu Kundu (ChE) - primary] – M.S. Student, Chemical Engineering;

February 2013-April 2013

Clay Adkison [co-advisor: Santanu Kundu (ChE) - primary] – M.S. Student, Chemical Engineering; October

2012-February 2013

Ashley Cornell – M.S. in Chemical Engineering; Graduated May 2012; Thesis: “Studies in Applied Materials

Science: Drug-biofluid Interactions and Light-emitting Polymer Films”

Emilia Smith – M.S. Student, Chemical Engineering; June 2011-February 2012

Caitlin Naske– M.S. in Chemical Engineering; Graduated Dec. 2010; Thesis: “Determination of Chemical and

Physical Property Changes in Aged Pyrolysis Oils”

Mathew Rowe – Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering; Graduated May 2010; Dissertation: “Synthesis and

Characterization of Bioplastics from Renewable Resources” [Awards: BCoE Bagley Ph.D. Fellowship,

2006-2009; SPE Scholarship, 2009]

Vijitha Mohan – M.S. in Chemical Engineering; Graduated August 2008; Thesis: “Selective Phosphate Ester

Cleavage” [Awards: 1st place presentation award, 2007 MSU GSA Research Symposium]

Aaron Graham – M.S. Student, Chemical Engineering, Fall 2007–Spring 2008

Undergraduate/High School Research Advisor -- Primary

Current:

1. Emily Grace Long – Spring 2018-present

2. Jack Norman – Spring 2018-present

3. David A. Nixon – Fall 2017-present

4. Lars (Berent) Ostervold – Summer 2017-present

5. Kaylee A. Smith – Fall 2017-present

6. Gretchen A. Hook – Fall 2017-present

7. Dean Rufeisen – Fall 2016-present [Awards: Phillips 66 Research Scholarship, Spring 2017; OU CBME

Outstanding Junior Researcher, Spring 2017]

8. Award, CBME department]

9. Nolan Kelley – Spring 2017-present

10. Austin Curnutt – Spring 2017-present [Awards: Phillips 66 Research Scholarship, Fall 2017]

Former:

1. Duy L. Nguyen – Summer 2017

2. Trung N. Nguyen – Summer 2017

3. Celeste Watson – Spring 2017

4. Erik Sanchez Antonio – Fall 2014-Summer 2016 [Awards: 1st Place Award, 2016 Clemson University

Summer Undergraduate Symposium, July 2016; 2nd Place Award, MSU Undergraduate Research

Symposium, April 2015]

5. Cayla Cook – Summer 2014 [intern from Itawamba Community College], Summer 2015-Summer 2016

[transferred to MSU CEE; applying to MSU ChE graduate program]

6. Anna Taconi – Fall 2015-Spring 2016

7. Michael Kyzar (HS, MSMS) – Fall 2015-Spring 2016

8. Jarrod Cannette – Fall 2015-Spring 2016

9. David Ladner – Fall 2015

10. Abdullah Qusailah – Fall 2015-Spring 2016

11. Evan Prehn – Fall 2014-May 2016

12. Jeffrey Johnston – Fall 2013-Fall 2015 [Awards: MSU Honors College Summer Research Program for

Undergraduate Students, 2014; 1st place poster award, Physical Sciences and Engineering Division,

MSU Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium, 2014]

13. John Tomlinson – Spring 2013 [intern from East MS Community College], August 2013-December

2015 [transferred to MSU ChE and graduated with B.S. in Dec. 2015]

14. Ornella Tempo (NSF REU, Univ. of Conn) – Summer 2015

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15. Justyn Forehand (NSF REU, NCSU) – Summer 2015

16. Andres Chaparro Sosa – Fall 2013-Spring 2015 [Awards: MSU Graduate School Summer Research

Program for Undergraduate Students, 2014; MSU Bagley College of Engineering Undergraduate

Research Program, Fall 2014, Spring 2015]

17. Annie (Caitie) O’Horo – Spring 2013, Fall 2013-Spring 2014, Fall 2014-Spring 2015

18. Yiwei (Zoe) Hu (HS, MSMS) – Spring 2015 [Award: Harvard Internship, Spring 2015]

19. Franklyn Hall – Spring 2014-Fall 2014

20. Wilhelm Liano – Summer 2014

21. Tomas Nichols – Summer 2014

22. Tyler Williams, Visiting Undergraduate Researcher, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College,

Summer 2014

23. Pearl (Sherly) Boddu, Visiting Undergraduate Researcher, Emory University, Summer 2014

24. Gavin Barnett – Spring 2012-Spring 2014

25. Jasmine Young – Summer 2011, Spring 2013

26. Glynn Freeman – Fall 2013

27. Jon Moraga – Fall 2013

28. Thaige Gompa – Fall 2013-Spring 2014

29. Matthew Gresham – Summer 2011-Fall 2012; Fall 2013-Spring 2014

30. Jack Stogner – Spring 2012, Fall 2012-Spring 2013

31. Kiefer Slaton – Summer 2012-Summer 2013

32. Gerald Nail – Spring 2013

33. Michael Harper – Spring 2012, Fall 2012

34. Bo Portillo – Spring 2012, Fall 2012

35. Ken Newton – Spring 2012-Fall 2012

36. Dani Sanchez – Fall 2012

37. Philip Polk – Summer 2010-Spring 2012

38. Seth Roberts – Spring 2012

39. Mariana Lemus Lopez – Summer 2010-Fall 2011

40. Brandon Abbott – Summer 2008, Fall 2011

41. Breyounga Jackson – Summer 2011

42. Kate Bush – Fall 2010-Spring 2011

43. Liza Nalley – Fall 2010

44. Marquita Jones – Fall 2009-Spring 2011

45. William (Brad) Nicholson – Fall 2010-Spring 2011

46. Kayla Chandler (HS, MSMS) – Spring 2011

47. Jennifer Miller – Summer 2010-Fall 2010

48. John Johnson – Fall 2010

49. Ayesha Hicks – Fall 2009, Summer 2010-Fall 2010

50. Amarachi Onwubiko – Summer 2008, Spring 2009-Summer 2009, Summer 2010

51. Matthew Young – Fall 2009-Summer 2010 [Award: 1st place award, Life Sciences Division, MSU

Undergraduate Research Symposium, 2010]

52. Jason Speed – Summer 2009-Summer 2010

53. Julian Smith – Fall 2009

54. Dylan Wallace – Fall 2009

55. Louise Stewart (NSF REU, Columbia University in the City of New York) – Summer 2009

56. Zachary Wynne – Summer 2007, Summer 2008-Summer 2009

57. Phillip Jamison (Fall ‘06-Spring ’08: co-advised with Dr. Todd French, ChE) – Fall 2006-Summer 2009

58. Michael Lamb – Summer 2007-Summer 2009 [Award: MSU EPSCoR Scholarship, 2007-2009]

59. Kamal Upadhyaya – Spring 2009

60. Jessica Balle – Spring 2009

61. Sarah Crosby – Spring 2007-Spring 2008, Fall 2008-Spring 2009 [Awards: 1st place poster,

Engineering, MSU Undergraduate Research Symposium, 2009]

62. Andrew McMaster – Spring 2007-Spring 2008, Spring 2009

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63. Meagan Tidwell – Fall 2008

64. Shelby Steelhammer (HS, MSMS) – Fall 2008

65. Adeola Adebiyi – Summer 2008

66. Erin Smith – Fall 2006-Spring 2008 [Awards: 3rd place in UG poster competition at 2007 AIChE

National Meeting; 2007 AIChE Women's Initiative Committee Travel Grants Award]

67. Lekeith Terrell – Fall 2006-Spring 2008 [Award: MSU BCoE Student Hall of Fame, 2008; ACS

Scholars Program, 2006]

68. Jeremy Gandy – Summer 2007-Spring 2008

69. Mitch Wall – Summer 2007-Fall 2007

70. Katie Adler (NSF REU, University of Michigan) – Summer 2007

71. Eivy Lugo-Alvarez (NSF REU, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez) – Summer 2007

72. Parisa Toghiani – Summer 2007

73. Laura Hubbard – Fall 2006

74. Ja’Terrica Robinson (HS, QUEST) – Summer 2006

75. Lasheena Culberson – Spring 2006

76. Robert McComas – Fall 2005-Spring 2006

77. Will Sumerford – Fall 2005-Spring 2006

78. Alyssa Terry (co-advised with Dr. G. Thibaudeau, MSU EMC/BioSci) – Summer 2008

79. Florian Schulz (co-advised with Dr. A. Minerick, NSF REU, Univ. of Hamburg, Germany) – Summer

2007

80. Sarah Proulx (Clemson Univ) – Fall 2004-Spring 2005

81. Wenjin Wang (Clemson Univ) – Spring 2003-Summer 2004

82. Ryan Harris (Clemson Univ) – Fall 2003-Spring 2004

83. Curran Chandler (Clemson Univ, NSF REU) – Summer 2003

84. Aaron Ruhe (Clemson Univ) – Spring 2004-Spring 2005

85. Chris Shuler (Clemson Univ) – Fall 2002-Spring 2003

86. Chris Gentry (Clemson Univ) – Spring 2002-Fall 2002

87. Brian Norowski (Clemson Univ) – Fall 2001-Spring 2002

88. Annie Daley (Clemson Univ) – Fall 2000-Spring 2001

89. Kristina Krysanowski (Clemson Univ) – Summer 2000

90. John McKibbin (Clemson Univ) – Fall 1998-Spring 2000

91. Kara Andregetti (Clemson Univ) – Fall 1998-Spring 2000

Dissertation/Thesis Committee Member (Non-Chair)

Current:

Tong Mou, Ph.D. Student, Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering

Weiwei Zhu, Ph.D. Student, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering

Tejaswi Bavineni, Ph.D. Student, Chemistry

Olalekan (Ola) Shobayo, Ph.D. Student, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering

Tausif (TJ) Jamal, Ph.D. Student, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering

Michael Warren, Ph.D. Student, Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering

Former:

Jessica Simmons, M.S. Student, Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering

MD Shamim Howlader, M.S. Student, Chemical Engineering

Aubrey Rainer, M.S. Student, Chemical Engineering

Heather S. Thomas, M.S. Candidate, Chemical Engineering

Matt Thomas, Ph.D. Candidate, Chemical Engineering

Amy Parker, Ph.D. Candidate, Chemical Engineering

Ashley Williams, Ph.D. Student, Mechanical Engineering

Seyedmeysam (Meysam) Hashemnejad, Ph.D. Candidate, Chemical Engineering

Swati Kumari, M.S. Candidate, Chemical Engineering

Gabe Monroe, Ph.D. Candidate, Mechanical Engineering

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Huiyu Wang, Ph.D. Candidate, Mechanical Engineering

Justin McMahan, Ph.D. Student, Biomedical Engineering [Award: 3rd place podium award, Outstanding

Research - Biological Science and Engineering Division, MSU Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium,

2014]

Mahla Zabet, Ph.D. Student, Chemical Engineering

Janice Cunningham, M.S. Student, Biomedical Engineering [Award: 1st place Outstanding Research Award,

Life and Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, MSU 12th Annual Graduate Student Research Symposium,

2014], May 2015

LaiBao Zhang, M.S. Student, Chemical Engineering, August 2014

Bo Portillo, Ph.D. Student, Chemical Engineering

Anandi Varadarajan, M.S. Student, Chemical Engineering, December 2014

P. Zach Wynne, M.S. Student, Chemical Engineering, May 2014

Chinni Yalamanchili, M.S. Candidate, Chemistry, May 2014

Robert McComas, M.S. Candidate, Chemical Engineering, May 2014

Ersan Eyiler, Ph.D. Candidate, Chemical Engineering, August 2013

Erick Vasquez, Ph.D. Candidate, Chemical Engineering, August 2013

Maryam Dadgarmoghaddam, M.S. Student, Chemical Engineering, August 2013

Ashley Cornell, M.S. Graduate, Chemical Engineering, May 2012

Clay Adkison, M.S. Student, Chemical Engineering

Jacqueline Hall, Ph.D. Graduate, Chemical Engineering, May 2012

Emilia A. Smith, M.S. Student, Chemical Engineering

Devkant Gandhi, Ph.D. Graduate, Chemical Engineering, August 2011

Sheena Reeves, Ph.D. Graduate, Chemical Engineering, May 2011

Caitlin Naske, M.S. Graduate, Chemical Engineering, December 2010

Andro Mondala, Ph.D. Graduate, Chemical Engineering, December 2010

Soumya S. Keshavamurthy, Ph.D. Graduate, Chemical Engineering, December 2010

Mathew Rowe, Ph.D. Graduate, Chemical Engineering, May 2010

Aaron Graham, M.S. Student, Chemical Engineering

Vijitha Mohan, M.S. Graduate, Chemical Engineering, December 2008

Matt Thomas, M.S. Graduate, Chemical Engineering, December 2006

Holly J. Martin, Ph.D. Graduate, Fall 2006, Chemical Engineering

Kaiweng Liang, Ph.D. Graduate, Fall 2005, Chemical Engineering

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Journal Editorial Board

Scientific Reports, Nature Publishing Group (2015-present)

Manuscript Reviewer

Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS) Macromolecules

Polymer Polymer Bulletin

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (PCCP) Chemical Society Reviews

Soft Matter Applied Surface Science

Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Environmental Science & Technology Frontiers in Education (FIE)

International Journal of Engineering Education Journal of Pre-College Eng. Educ. Research (J-PEER)

Energy & Fuels Journal of Materials Chemistry

Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics Society For Biomaterials

Journal of Applied Polymer Science Journal of Polymer Science: Polymer Physics

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PLOS ONE Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics

Acta Biomaterialia Advances in Engineering Education

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE): New Engineering Educators (NEE), Women in

Engineering (WIE), and Educational Research and Methods (ERM) Divisions

Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE): BioPlastics Special Interest Group (SIG)

Proposal Reviewer

National Science Foundation

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Louisiana EPSCoR

Louisiana Board of Regents’ Research Competitiveness Subprogram

Book Reviewer

Reviewer, Book Proposal, "Polymer Surface Modification” by A.P. Kharitonov, Wiley-Blackwell, John Wiley &

Sons, Inc., August 2009

Reviewer, Book, “Analysis of Transport Phenomena” by William Deen, 2nd Edition, Oxford University Press,

Summer 2010.

Reviewer, Book, “Transport Phenomena” by Palghat Ramachandran, Cambridge University Press, Fall 2013.

Member, Textbook Advisory Panel, Elsevier Academic Press, Ashby et al., Materials: engineering, science,

processing and design, 3rd edition, 2013-present.

Member, Textbook Advisory Panel, Elsevier Academic Press, Ashby et al., Materials: engineering, science,

processing and design, 2nd edition, 2008-2009.

University, College, and Departmental Committees

University

Office of Research & Economic Development, Strategic Process Planning Committee, Mississippi State

University, 2007-2008

Faculty Representative, President’s Commission on the Status of Women (PCSW), Mississippi State

University, 2012-2013

Graduate Council, Mississippi State University, 2013

College

Biomedical Engineering Faculty Search Committee, University of Oklahoma, 2016-2017

Academy of Distinguished Teachers Selection Committee, Bagley College of Engineering, 2011

Simrall Award Committee, Bagley College of Engineering, 2010

Course and Curriculum Committee, Bagley College of Engineering, 2010-2012

P&T Committee, Bagley College of Engineering, 2012-2013

Faculty Grievance Panel, Bagley College of Engineering, 2012-2014

Department

CBME Faculty Search Committee, University of Oklahoma, 2016-2017

CBME Research Liaison, 2016-2017

Director Search Committee, Chemical Engineering, 2008-2010, 2010-2011

Faculty Search Committee, Chemical Engineering, 2010-2012, 2013-2015

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Undergraduate Affairs Committee, Chemical Engineering, 2008-2011, 2014-present

Undergraduate Curriculum Concept Inventory Committee (Ad hoc), Chemical Engineering, 2008-2009

Graduate Affairs Committee, Chemical Engineering, 2006-2008, 2009-2014

Graduate Coordinator, Chemical Engineering, 2012-2013

ChE Engineering Studio Space Plan (Ad hoc), July 2012.

College Working Groups

Materials, Bagley College of Engineering, MS State University, 2005-2016

Biotechnology, Bagley College of Engineering, MS State University, 2005-2016; Co-chair, 2011-2012

Energy, Bagley College of Engineering, MS State University, 2005-present

Organization Service

Secretary, Women in Engineering Division (WIED), American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), 2014-

2016 [Elected Position].

Faculty Representative, MS State University, Federal Demonstration Partnership (FDP), 2012-2015

Organizer and Session Chair, [Newly Developed Session] “Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research,” Polymers

-- Materials Engineering and Sciences Division, AIChE Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, Nov. 16-21, 2014.

Session Chair, “Stimuli Responsive Polymers,” Materials Engineering and Sciences Division, AIChE Annual

Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Nov. 13, 2006.

Member, Chemical Engineering Ray Fahien Award Selection Committee, American Society of Engineering

Education (ASEE), 2013-present.

Director, Bioplastics Special Interest Group (BioSIG), Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE), 2011-2014, 2014-

present [Elected Position].

Reviewer, Society For Biomaterials (SFB), Session: Surface Modification of Three Dimensional Scaffolds for

Tissue Engineering Applications, 2010 Annual Meeting and Exposition, April 21-24, 2010, Seattle, WA.

Member, Program Committee, Applications of Engineering Education Research (AEER), International Journal of

Engineering Education (IJEE), 2009.

Session Chair, “Polymeric Biomaterials,” Materials Engineering and Sciences Division, AIChE Annual Meeting,

Nashville, TN, Nov. 8-13, 2009.


Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, Nov. 21, 2008.

Session Co-chair, “Naturally-derived Biomaterials,” Materials Engineering and Sciences Division, AIChE Annual

Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, Nov. 7-12, 2010.

Session Co-chair, “Structure and Properties of Polymers III: Networks and Gels,” Materials Engineering and

Sciences Division, AIChE Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, Nov. 8-13, 2009.

Session Co-chair, “Polymer Reaction Engineering, Kinetics and Catalysis II,” Catalysis and Reaction Engineering

Division, AIChE Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, Nov. 19, 2008.

Session Co-chair, “Polymer Thin Films and Interfaces IV,” Engineering Sciences and Fundamentals Division,

AIChE Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, Nov. 20, 2008.

Member, ASEE Women in Engineering Division Best Paper Review Committee, 2008.

Session Chair, “Polymers for Energy Applications,” Topical 7, AIChE Annual Meeting – Salt Lake City, UT,

Nov. 8, 2007.

Member, Steering Committee, Bioplastics Special Interest Group (BioSIG), Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE),

2007-2010.


Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Nov. 13, 2006.

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Member, Organizing Committee, Topical Conference: Polymer Characterization and Analysis, Engineering and

Properties Division (EPSDIV),Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE), 2007-2008.

Additional Service

Administrative

Project Administrator for Mississippi, Smart MATerial Design, Analysis and Processing (SMATDAP)

Consortium (LA-MS), National Science Foundation, 2014-2016.

Thrust Leader, Stimuli Responsive Polymer-Nanoparticle Hybrids (ST3), National Science Foundation LA-

MS EPSCoR Track II, 2014-2016.

Focus Area Leader, Biological Systems Simulation (BioSim), National Science Foundation MS EPSCoR

Track I, 2012-2016.

Member, NSF MS EPSCoR Steering Committee, Mississippi State University, 2012-2015.

Thrust Leader, Specialty Chemicals, DOE Sustainable Energy Research Center (SERC), Mississippi State

University, 2008.

Student (Group) Advising

Faculty Advisor, Dow Bridge Engineering Students, Bagley College of Engineering, Mississippi State

University, 2014-2015.

Advisor, National Science Foundation Computer Science, Engineering and Mathematics Scholarship

(CSEMS) S-STEM Program, Mississippi State University, 2007-2012.

Faculty Advisor, Graduate Women in Science & Engineering (G-WISE), Mississippi State University, Spring

2011-2016.

Outreach—Industrial/National Lab

Technical Advising: Columbus Roll Corporation, 2012-2015

Technical Advising: Severstal, 2010-2014

Organizer, Recruitment and Informational AIChE Meeting, Juan C. Boulton, Manager of Technical

Engineering -- Spinning/Poly/Recovery, Toray Carbon Fibers America, February 15, 2012.

Organizer, Collaboration with Cryovac, Division of Sealed Air, polymer resin provided for experiments in

ChE 4990/6990, “Advanced Polymeric and Multicomponent Materials,” Fall 2008.

Organizer, Collaboration with Sandhill Plastics, recycled polyethylene sheeting provided for experiments in

ME/ChE 4624/6624, “Experimental Methods in Materials Research,” Fall 2009.

Member, SNS and HFIR User Group (SHUG) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), 2007-present.

Outreach—K-16

Elementary (K-5) Classroom Outreach, “STEAM,” Washington Elementary, Norman, OK, August 2016-

present.

Teacher Training Outreach, “Smart Polymers,” co-sponsored and co-organized workshop for nine MS K-12

teachers, NSF EPSCoR Track II Research Experience for Teachers (RET) Workshop, MSU, July 11-22, 2016.

Elementary Student Tutor, “Math, Reading, and Science,” Sudduth Elementary School, Starkville MS,

January 2016-June 2016

Elementary Classroom Outreach, “Welcome to the Wonderful World of Polymers,” Nancy Sistrunk’s 5th

grade class, Ward-Stewart Elementary School, Starkville, MS, February 8, 2010,

www.cdispatch.com/news/article.asp?aid=4778, www.msstate.edu/web/media/detail.php?id=4804.

Teacher Training Outreach, “Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine,” presentation and demonstrations at the

MS NSF EPSCoR Teacher’s Workshop, MSU, June 24, 2010.

High School Student Outreach, “What Is Chemical Engineering?” Hands On Engineering, High School

Student Workshop, MSU, July 21, 2010.

http://www.cdispatch.com/news/article.asp?aid=4778

http://www.msstate.edu/web/media/detail.php?id=4804

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Teacher Training Outreach, Designed, prepared, and distributed ferrofluid kits to K-16 teachers, MS NSF

EPSCoR Program, Summer 2010.

High School Student Outreach, Society of Women Engineers—MSU Chapter, High School Student Faculty

Panel Discussion, #bethatengineer, November 7, 2015.

Poster Judge, Mississippi State University, ChE1101 – Freshman Seminar, December 2005.

Poster Judge, AIChE Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 2006.

Poster Judge, Mississippi State University, ChE4134 – Process Design, November 2006.

Co-instructor, “Introduction to Fluid Mechanics and Aerodynamics,” Mississippi Governor’s Summer

School, Summer 2008.

Speaker, “Engineering Careers,” ASME -- Northeast Mississippi Section, February 23, 2006.

Speaker, “Graduate School. Why? Why Me? How?” AIChE Student Chapter, Mississippi State University,

October 21, 2010.

Speaker, “Graduate School. Why? Why Me? How? Why MSU?,” AIChE Student Chapter, Louisiana State

University, March 5, 2009.

Speaker, “What is Chemical Engineering?” Hands-On Engineering outreach program for high school students,

MSU, July 21, 2010.

Testing Partner, NSF Phase 2 Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) Program, Michael

Prince, Bucknell University, 2007-2015.

Guest Lecturer, “Polymers: Introduction, Chemical and Physical Characterization, and Mechanical Testing,”

ABE/CHE/ME 4624/6624: Experimental Methods in Materials Research, MSU, Fall 2005, Fall 2007, Fall

2009, Fall 2011, Fall 2013.

Guest Lecturer, “Stimuli Responsive Polymers,” ME 4990/6990: Smart Materials, MSU, Spring 2010.

Lesson Developer, Day One Project, www.dayone.msstate.edu/leading/, Facilitating MSU Freshman outreach

to Grade 4-6 students in MS counties: Choctaw, Clay, Oktibbeha, Webster, Winston, Lowndes, and Noxubee,

2010-2011.

Faculty Representative, UDBHAV-2015 Festival, Indian Student Association, Mississippi State University,

September 20, 2015.

Outreach—Post-Graduate

Panel Member, “How Women Lead and the Difference It Makes”, Mississippi State University, February 21,

2014.

Organizer, Discussion with Dr. Lori Mann Bruce on "Career Paths to Leadership in Academia," Mississippi

State University, March 25, 2014.

Moderator, Panel Discussion on “Women in Leadership in Science and Engineering,” Mississippi State


Panel Member, “How Women Lead and the Difference It Makes,” Bagley College of Engineering, Mississippi

State University, February 21, 2014.

Panel Member, Preparing Future Faculty Program, Mississippi State University, May 13, 2011.

Review Panelist, National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship Program, 2007.

Seminar Co-organizer, “Interested in Characterizing Biological or Material Interfaces?,” Mark A. Poggi, Q-

Sense Inc., September 12, 2007.

Seminar Organizer, “Infrared Analysis Techniques for Biofuels Research& Development,” Forrest Weesner

and Steven McQueen, ThermoFisher Scientific, May 2, 2007.

Seminar Organizer, “Advances in the Modification of Poly(Lactic Acid),” Douglas Hirt, Clemson University,

June 26, 2008.

Committee Member, Ph.D. Qualifying Examinations, Swalm School of Chemical Engineering, MSU,

Summer 2010.

http://www.dayone.msstate.edu/leading/

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Organizer, Recruitment Sessions for Biomedical Materials Science Graduate Program at the University of

Mississippi Medical Center, January 7, 2008.

Seminar Organizer, “Effective Time Management Workshop,” Douglas Hirt, Clemson University, June 26,

2008.

Seminar Organizer, “Detection of Molecular Gas Phases and Their Transport Properties in Two and Three

Dimensions by Atomic Force Microscopy,” Srinivas Manne -- Department of Physics, University of Arizona,

December 5, 2008.

Seminar Co-organizer, “AFM Basics and the Veeco Bioscope II,” Dake Laken, Veeco, Inc., January 7, 2009.

Speaker, “Career Paths, Research, Professional/Personal Balance, and You,” – MSU SWE Student Chapter,

September 16, 2008.

Speaker, “Surface Modification Via Grafting: Stimuli Responsive Polymer Surfaces,” MSU SPE Student

Chapter, September 8, 2005.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Education Conferences:

ASEE Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX, June 11, 2012.

ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Vancouver, BC, Canada, June 26-29, 2011.

Issues for Women in Engineering,” 2010 ASEE National Conference, Louisville, KY, June 23, 2010.

Frontiers of Engineering Education (FOEE) Symposium, National Academy of Engineering, Irvine, CA,

December 13-16, 2010.

ASEE Annual Conference – Louisville, KY; June 20-23, 2010.

ASEE Summer School for Chemical Engineering Faculty – Boulder, CO; July 27-August 1, 2002.

Share the Future Conference sponsored by the SUCCEED Coalition – Gainesville, FL; March 4-5, 2002.

ASEE Annual Conference – Montreal, Canada; June 17-18, 2002.

Training:

Research Ethics, Mississippi State University, Fall 2014

NSF EPSCoR Communications Workshop, Mississippi State University, Fall 2014

Distance Instruction Certification, Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL), Mississippi State University,

March 1, 2014

International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) Compliance Training, Mississippi State University, February

2014.

Japanese Culture and Etiquette Training, BancorpSouth, July 25, 2013

Hazardous Waste Training, Office of Regulatory Compliance (ORC), Mississippi State University, Fall 2005-

2016

Protection of Human Subjects Training, Office of Regulatory Compliance (ORC) Institutional Review Board,

Mississippi State University, 2008-2016

Workshops and Courses:

Research and Teaching Resources: Emerging Technologies, University of Oklahoma, March 6, 2018.

Transforming Materials Teaching, Led by Amy Moll, Boise State University, January 8, 2018.

7 Reasons to Flip the College Classroom – And How to Do It, M.A. Sperber and C.D. Roberts, Cengage Learning,

Fall 2014

Best Practices in Online Instruction, Mississippi State University, Spring 2014.

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Making the Transition to Active Learning: Selecting and Implementing Appropriate Active Learning Techniques

in Engineering Courses, ASEE-SE Conference, Mississippi State University, April 1, 2012.

David Carlisle Hull Faculty Leadership Program, Mississippi State University, 2011-2012

Get Students to Focus on Learning Instead of Grades– Mississippi State University, January 20, 2012.

ACS Leadership Workshop, New Orleans, LA, November 30, 2010.

Frontiers of Engineering Education (FOEE) Symposium, National Academy of Engineering, Irvine, CA,

December 13-16, 2010.

Women LEAD – Leadership, Exploration And Development, Bagley College of Engineering and College of

Business, Mississippi State University, August 25, September, 22, October 27, and November 17, 2009.

THINGS THAT WORK! Seminar on Teaching Strategies and Tactics – Mississippi State Univ., Sept. 17, 2009.

Grant Writing Institute, Council on Undergraduate Research – Mississippi State University, May 26-29, 2009.

Ethical Conduct of Research – Mississippi State University, October 15, 2008.

Bagley College of Engineering New Faculty Development Workshops –Mississippi State University, Fall 2005.

Career Planning for Prospective Faculty – AIChE Annual Meeting Workshop, November 7, 2004.

Pre-Instructional Strategies – Clemson University, April 23, 2004.

Women in the Professorate – Clemson University, April 21, 2004.

Five Decisions Students Make About You – Clemson University, February 13, 2004.

How to Write a Winning Grant Proposal – Clemson University, February 9, 2004.

The Vitae and Resume: All You Ever Wanted to Know and More – Clemson University Michelin Career

Center, January 22, 2004.

Future Directions in Surface Modification Research – NSF Center for Advanced Engineering Fibers and Films,

Clemson University, January 6, 2004.

Brain Research and Its Implications on Learning – Clemson University, December 15, 2003.

Effective Time Management – NSF Center for Advanced Engineering Fibers and Films, Clemson University,

August 8, 2003.

Writing a Teaching Philosophy – Clemson University, July 17, 2003.

Taking Command of Your Classroom with Kindness – Clemson University, June 27, 2003.

What a Picture is Worth: Teaching Higher-Order Thinking to Visual Learners – Clemson Univ., April 11, 2003.

How to Get Your Students to Do the Readings – Clemson University, August 14, 2002.

Effective Teaching for Engineering Professors (Teaching Institute) – ASEE Chemical Engineering Summer

School, Univ. of Colorado, July 27, 2002.

Bioengineering – ASEE Chemical Engineering Summer School, Univ. of Colorado, July 30-31, 2002.

Enhancing and Advancing Student Learning – ASEE Chemical Engineering Summer School, Univ. of

Colorado, July 30-31, 2002.

Career Development – ASEE Chemical Engineering Summer School, Univ. of Colorado, July 28, 2002.

Research Ethics – Robert J. Rutland Center for Ethics, Clemson University, March 7, 2002.

Concept Inventories for Engineering Sciences – University of Florida, March 4, 2002.

A Unified Approach to Engineering Science – University of Florida, March 4, 2002.

Changing the Campus Culture: Realistic Mission or Impossible Dream – University of Florida, March 4, 2002.

FUNDED PROPOSALS

Title: Synthesis and Characterization of pH-Responsive Polyamine Grafted Layers

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Sponsor: Mississippi State University Office of Research

Investigator(s): Keisha B. Walters (PI)

Period of Performance: 01/01/06-01/01/07

Amount: $9,979

Title: Using Atomic Force Microscopy to Understand pH-Responsive Polymer Conformations

Sponsor: Mississippi State University Office of the Vice President for Research



Amount: $1,000

Title: Innovations Through Computational Sciences

Sponsor: National Science Foundation

Investigator(s): MSU PIs: Colin Scanes, Sandra Harpole, David Marcum, Greg Burgreen, David Thompson, Keith

Walters, and Keisha Walters


Amount: $2,250,000 ($449,999 MSU; $39,960 KBW)

Title: In Situ Neutron Reflectivity Studies of Tethered pH-Responsive Polymer Layers

Sponsor: Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU)


Period of Performance: 04/06-11/07

Amount: $10,000

Title: MRI: Acquisition of a Multi-User, High Resolution, Research Grade X-ray Diffractometer (XRD)


Investigator(s): Judy Schneider (PI); Co-PIs: Charles Pittman, Francis Lynch, Yaroslav Koshka, Alicia Beatty;

Major Users: Ron Palmer, Rand German, Jim Newman, Jr., Keisha Walters


Amount: $403,185

Title: Development of Bioplastics from Biomass

Sponsor: US Department of Energy



Amount: $137,023

Title: Separation of Specialty Chemicals from Bioenergy Processes


Investigator(s): Co-PIs: Keisha B. Walters, Adrienne Minerick, and Priscilla Hill


Amount: $431,636 ($137,055 KBW)

Title: Encapsulation of Trace Impurities in Biodiesel through Nanotechnology


Investigator(s): Co-PIs: Adrienne Minerick and Keisha B. Walters


Amount: $84,984 ($42,448 KBW)

Title: Characterization of Metal-Silica Core-Shell Nanoparticles: An Electron Microscopy Study

Sponsor: Mississippi State University, Materials Characterization Lab (MCL), Electron Microscope Center

Investigator(s): Shampa Aich (PI), Adrienne Minerick (Co-PI), and Keisha B. Walters (Co-PI)


Amount: $4,000 ($1,333 KBW)

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Title: Course Proposal – Introduction to Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics

Sponsor: Mississippi Governor’s School

Investigator(s): D.K. Walters (PI), Keisha B. Walters (Co-PI)

Period of Performance: 6/1/08 – 6/20/08

Amount: $2,500 ($625 KBW)

Title: SERC2 –Identification and Solution of Chemical Factors Responsible for the Negative Properties of Bio-

Oils Produced from Wood Barks




Amount: $131,301

Title: Engineering Future Chemical Engineers: Incorporation of Process Intensification Concepts into the

Undergraduate Curriculum


Investigator(s): Rebecca Toghiani (PI), Priscilla Hill (Co-PI), Adrienne Minerick (Co-PI), Keisha B. Walters (Co-

PI), and Carlen Henington (Co-PI)


Amount: $150,000 ($30,000 KBW)

Title: Identifying a Method to Visually See Radiation/Contamination for Decontamination Activities and Dose

Control

Sponsor: Entergy Services, Inc.

Investigator(s): Mark G. White (PI) and Keisha B. Walters (Co-PI)


Amount: $60,000 ($30,000 KBW)

Title: Quick Grant for an Atomic Force Microscopy Mini-Seminar Series

Sponsor: MSU ORED



Amount: $2,000

Title: Modeling and Simulation of Complex Systems


Investigator(s): Sandra Harpole (PI)

Period of Performance: 5/15/09 - 5/14/14

Amount: $ 40M ($20M NSF; $4.3M BioSIM; $1.9M MSU BioSIM; $478,145 KBW)

Title: MRI: Acquisition of an Atomic Force Microscopy System for Advanced Materials Research and Education


Investigator(s): Keisha Walters (PI), Adrienne Minerick (Co-PI), Giselle Thibaudeau Munn (Co-PI), David Wipf

(Co-PI), and Lakiesha Williams (Co-PI)


Amount: $726,940 ($726,940 KBW)

Title: Targeted Recruiting for Underrepresented PhD students in Chemical Engineering

Sponsor: MSU Office of the Graduate School, Mississippi State University



Amount: $1,960

Title: Thermal Characterization Equipment for Diverse Particulate Materials Research and Education

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Investigator(s): Priscilla Hill (PI), Keisha B. Walters (Co-PI), and Adrienne Minerick (Co-PI)


Amount: $115,000 ($38,333)

Title: SERC3: Production of Multiple Biofuels from Fractionated High-Sugar Pyrolysis Oil


Investigator(s): Phil Steele (PI), Keisha B. Walters and others (Senior Investigators)


Amount: ~$6M DOE ($349,162KBW)

Title: Innovations Through Computational Sciences


Investigator(s): Keisha Walters (PI)


Amount: $11,634

Title: Collaborative Computational and Experimental Characterization of the Physicochemical Properties of

Bioactive Materials Related to their Transport in Pulmonary Mucus

Sponsor: National Science Foundation – MS EPSCoR Seed Grant Program

Investigator: Keisha Walters (PI); Co-PIs: Rebecca Toghiani (MSU), Greg Tschumper (Univ. of Miss.)


Amount: $152,354 ($40,177 KBW)

Title: pH and Temperature Dependent SANS Studies of Stimuli-responsive Polymer-nanoparticle Composites

Sponsor: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, HFIR User Proposal


Period of Performance: 05/20/11 –05/23/11

Amount: N/A

Title: Characterization of Clear Wood- and Bark-Derived Pyrolysis Oil

Sponsor: KiOR, Inc.

Investigator(s): Glenn Steele (PI) and Senior Investigators: Keisha B. Walters and others


Amount: ~$1M ($75,000 KBW)

Title: In Vitro Inhalation and Deposition of Polymer-Stabilized Gold Nanoparticles for Validation of Computer

Simulated Particulate Distributions in the Lung


Investigator: Keisha Walters (PI), Charlie McCormick (Co-PI, USM); Collaborators: Robert Hester (UMC) and

Keith Walters


Amount: $86,395 ($43,201 KBW)

Title: SERC4

Sponsor: Department of Energy (DOE)

Investigator(s): PI: Keisha B. Walters

Period of Performance: July 1, 2011 – June 30, 2014 (NCE)

Amount: $115,157

Title: Mechanical Properties of Pulmonary Mucus


Investigator(s): PI: Santanu Kundu (PI); Collaborators: Keisha Walters and D. Keith Walters


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Amount: $43,505

Title: Support of KiOR Biofuels Development

Sponsor: MS Development Authority

Investigator(s): Glenn Steele (PI); Co-PIs: Keisha B. Walters and others


Amount: ~$500,000 ($45,000 KBW)

Title: Selective Metals Removal in a Chrome Plating Process

Sponsor: Chrome Deposit Corporation

Investigator(s): PI: Keisha Walters

Period of Performance: 9/16/2013- 09/15/2015

Amount: $64,643

Title: Enhancing Imaging in Animal Reproduction using Nanotechnology

Sponsor: Mississippi State University – Office of Research and Economic Development

Investigator(s): Feugang, Jean M. (PI), Walters, Keisha B. (Co-PI), Vasquez, Erick S. (Co-PI)


Amount: $2,000

Title: Thermoelectricity Generation via Pulsating Ferrofluid

Sponsor: Mississippi State University – Office of Research and Economic Development

Investigator(s): Thompson, Scott M. (PI), Monroe, J. Gabe (Co-PI), Walters, Keisha B. (Co-PI), Vasquez, Erick

S. (Co-PI), Berg, Matthew (Co-PI), Anderson, Derek (Co-PI), Woody, Jonathan (Co-PI)


Amount: $2,000

Title: Enhancing Undergraduate Teaching Effectiveness in Chemical Engineering: Developing Audio-Visual

Material to Supplement Classroom Lectures

Sponsor: Mississippi State University – 2014 Schillig Special Teaching Projects

Investigator(s): Neeraj Rai (PI); Co-PIs: Santanu Kundu, Todd French, Keisha B. Walters, Priscilla Hill, Mark

Bricka, Hossein Toghiani, Bill Elmore, Jason Keith

Period of Performance: 05/01/14 - 04/30/15

Amount: $3,000

Title: Electricity Generation and Enhanced Heat Transfer via Pulsating Nanofluid


Investigator(s): Thompson, Scott M. (PI), Walters, Keisha B.


Amount: $324,998 ($121,327 KBW)

Title: Microstructure and Nanomechanics of Native and Simulant Lung Mucus Doped with Nanoparticles


Investigator(s): PI: Erick S. Vasquez; Co-PIs: Keisha Walters, Santanu Kundu


Amount: $42,924




Period of Performance: 09/01/14 to 08/31/15

Amount: $2M ($35,784 KBW)

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KB WALTERS

Title: The Smart MATerial Design, Analysis and Processing consortium (SMATDAP): Building next-generation

polymers and the tools to accelerate cost-effective commercial production


Investigator(s): PI: Drew Hamilton (KBW role: Co-PI and Project Admin)


Amount: $5,949,926 ($1,541,322 MS; $335,176 KBW)





Amount: $1M ($29,634 KBW)

Title: Electricity Generation and Enhanced Heat Transfer via Pulsating Ferro-Nanofluid




Amount: $90,995 ($90,995 KBW)

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